Dr Abdulaziz al-Tuweijiri, the director general of Rabat-based Islamic, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), has urged the Muslim countries to double efforts for attaining further development in the educational, cultural and scientific domains. In a message to the Muslim world on the occasion of the new Hegira year, Dr al-Tuweijiri underlined the importance of intensifying efforts for the promotion of education because education is an essential matter for attaining promotion in all other domains. He called for development in the field of scientific researches for attaining economic, social and cultural development. The Muslim nation is looking for a secured, stable and prosperous future, he said underscoring the importance of attaining a comprehensive and sustainable development which is capable of putting an end to the phenomena of poverty, unemployment and illiteracy. --more
