A 85-MEMBER DELEGATION, LED BY DR ZAHID RASHEED, THE HEAD OF THE SOCIETY OF THE HOLY QURAN AND SUNNAH (THE PROPHET'S TEACHINGS) IN NEW YORK, MET HERE TODAY DR ABDULLAH AL-TURKI, THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF MAKKAH-BASED MUSLIM WORLD LEAGUE (MWL). SPEAKING ON THE OCCASION, DR AL-TURKI HAILED THE ROLE OF MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION IN SERVING ISLAM IN THE US. CITING THE GOALS OF THE MWL, DR AL-TURKI SAID 'IT IS AN INTERNATIONAL POPULAR ISLAMIC ORGANIZATION WHICH HAS BEEN DEDICATING ITS EFFORTS FOR THE SERVICE OF ISLAM'. HE NOTED THAT THE MWL IS KEEN ON PROMOTING COORDINATION WITH OTHER ISLAMIC ORGANIZATIONS FOR RESOLVING PROBLEMS FACING THE MUSLIMS. HE NOTED THAT DEFAMATION OF ISLAM IS ONE OF THE GREATEST CHALLENGES FACING MUSLIMS, ADDING THAT IT IS THE DUTY OF EVERY MUSLIM TO WORK FOR CORRECTING WRONG CONCEPTS ABOUT ISLAM AND MUSLIMS. DR AL-TURKI SAID ISLAM ADVOCATES COOPERATION WITH ALL PEOPLE FOR COMBATING INJUSTICE AND ALL FORMS OF EVIL. 'ISLAM IS THE RELIGION OF MERCY, TOLERANCE AND JUSTICE', HE SAID. DR AL-TURKI SLAMMED THE FALSE IDEAS WHICH SAY THAT ISLAM IS AGAINST WOMEN, AND DOES NOT RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS.
