ASIATODAY.ID, JAKARTA – The World Muslim League calls for the war in Gaza, Palestine to be stopped immediately.
“We call on the countries and organizations of the world to unite in working hard to stop all wars,” said Secretary General of the Muslim World League Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdul Karim al-Issa while delivering a keynote speech at the R20 International Summit of Religious Authorities, held at the Park Hyatt, Jakarta, Monday, November 27 2023.
Sheikh al-Issa said that war caused hundreds of millions of casualties. In research, according to him, there were 170 million victims of war.
He also emphasized that war only brings egocentrism, barbarism and the law of the jungle which leads to the destruction of life.
The cleric from Saudi Arabia also emphasized that at the R20 International Summit of Religious Authorities meeting, it was necessary to find a sustainable solution to resolve the conflict that occurred.
According to Sheikh al-Issa, the establishment of international organizations after the second world war, in several cases, was not followed up seriously. The conflict that occurred in Palestine is proof of this.
“All wars tell stories of human failure,” he said.
According to him, morals should be the basis just as religion is present in the world. Rasulullah SAW also emphasized in his hadith that he was sent in order to improve human morals to become noble.
Meanwhile, the General Chairperson of the Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) Executive Board, KH Yahya Cholil Staquf, in his speech said that holding the R20 International Summit of Religious Authorities was an agreement between the network of world religious figures in R20.
“The religious leaders agreed to hold this forum and Nahdatul Ulama (NU) as the host,” he said.
The R20 International Summit of Religious Authorities forum raised the theme “The Role of Religion in Overcoming Violence in the Middle East and Threats to the Rules-Based International Order”. A total of 40 world figures attended this international forum. (AT Network)
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