KUALA LUMPUR: The Muslim World League and the Malaysian prime minister hosted a conference of religious leaders in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday to urge them to rise up and act for peace in the face of the genocide in Gaza.
The Second International Summit of Religious Leaders, which gathered global authorities representing all major religions, was organized by the Malaysian Prime Minister’s Office and the MWL.
Themed “The Role of Religious Leaders in Resolving Conflicts,” it was opened by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and MWL Secretary-General Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa.
During the summit, speakers representing Muslim, Christian, Hindu, and Buddhist communities, discussed the role of religious leaders in standing up to violence and conflict, religious diplomacy and a special session on Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza.
“This summit comes to place religious leaders before a historic responsibility regarding the values of their respective faiths, values that have been declared and must be actively applied in order to contribute to building global peace and harmony,” Al-Issa said in his opening speech.
