SECRETARY GENERAL OF MAKKAH-BASED MUSLIM WORLD LEAGUE (MWL) DR ABDULLAH AL-TURKI INAUGURATED HERE YESTERDAY A CONFERENCE ON ISLAM IN LATIN AMERICA, ORGANIZED BY THE MWL IN COOPERATION WITH THE ISLAMIC ORGANIZATIONS IN LATIN AND AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES. SPEAKING ON THE OCCASION, ARGENTINEAN VICE-PRESIDENT DANIEL SCIOLI SAID ARGENTINE IS CHARACTERIZED WITH ITS TOLERANCE AND SUBSEQUENTLY ALL RELIGIONS ARE RESPECTED IN THE COUNTRY. HE UNDERLINED THE IMPORTANCE OF TOLERANCE, COOPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING AMONG THE RELIGIONS. ON HIS PART, DR AL-TURKI UNDERSCORED THE IMPORTANCE OF TOLERANCE AND COEXISTENCE AS WELL AS DIALOGUE. HE ALSO UNDERSCORED THE IMPORTANCE OF RESPECTING RELIGIONS AND AVOIDING ANY FORM OF INSULT TO THE PROPHETS SO AS TO AVOID TENSION AND VIOLENCE. HE HIGHLIGHTED THE SIGNIFICANT ROLE OF THE MWL IN FIGHTING TERRORISM AND EXTREMISM. --MORE
