MANILA: The Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos to cooperate in research and the training of religious leaders and scholars.
The NCMF is the body governing Muslim affairs in the predominantly Catholic Philippines, where Muslims make up about 10 percent of the country’s nearly 120 million population.
The commission’s secretary, Sabuddin N. Abdurahim, led a Philippine delegation as part of an official trip to the Kingdom this week, which included meeting Dr. Awad Al-Enezi, the Saudi undersecretary for Islamic Affairs.
Abdurahim and Al-Enezi signed the new agreement in Makkah on Wednesday to strengthen cooperation in Islamic affairs between the two countries.
“The memorandum includes cooperation in exchanging research, books, and scientific publications on Islamic affairs in various languages,” the Saudi ministry said in a statement.
