“Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, secretary-general of the Muslim World League, considers interfaith partnerships a ‘religious and moral duty,’ a commitment that has only deepened as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic…..Issa and the Muslim World League have kept the focus on spreading awareness of moderate Islam…”
Al-Issa is also a Saudi politician. But is he being honest, given the mission of the Muslim World League (MWL) to stand as “a cornerstone of the Saudi effort to disseminate its version of Sunni Islam and claim leadership as a charitable benefactor to the Muslim world”?
Even while members of the MWL claim to shun violent jihad, Wahhabism, which advocates violent jihad, is funded extensively by Saudi Arabia.
Five years ago, Saudi Arabia hosted a conference with the Muslim World League to find ways to curb “extremism.” But as even the New York Times noted:
Amid worthwhile talk of outreach to youth and fighting corruption, there was almost no mention of the Saudi monarchy’s decades-long role in aggressively spreading its strictly conservative religious ideology — a creed that itself has provided inspiration for leaders of the Islamic State, the militant group often referred to as ISIS, ISIL or by the Arabic acronym Daesh.
Instead of acknowledging the facts, Al-Issa states:
“The need for interfaith partnership will continue beyond this crisis…. that is why we continue to work hard to build more bridges of understanding and cooperation, and to remove the artificial fences created by detachment from each other, and exacerbated by the lack of substantive dialogue in the past.”
Although Al-Issa condemns “lack of substantive dialogue in the past,” he is contributing to the same lack of substance now, as he is likely not willing to engage in truthful discussion himself about human rights, and how the generally accepted understanding of human rights related to the inferiority of women in Islam, and to the guardianship program in Saudi Arabia. He will likely also not discuss the judgments routinely passed in Sharia courts which are abusive to women. Nor will he likely address real questions about the status of infidels and their freedom to worship openly in Islamic states and build churches, synagogues and temples with the same freedoms as Muslims, or the issue of barbaric Saudi beheadings, or the State of Israel’s right to exist and defend itself. He will also likely not engage in dialogue about Saudi Arabia’s funding to spread the Wahhabi ideology worldwide, either.
The dialogue and “interfaith partnerships” involving Islamic supremacists is merely sophisticated appeasement on the part of the non-Muslim dialogue partner, and an effort by the Muslims involved to advance their quest for hegemony, with global dominance over the infidel as the long-term goal, as per the Quran.
“Saudi leader of Muslim World League: Interfaith partnerships during pandemic ‘religious, moral duty,’” Al-Monitor, March 29, 2020:
Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, secretary-general of the Muslim World League, considers interfaith partnerships a “religious and moral duty,” a commitment that has only deepened as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
“The need for interfaith partnership will continue beyond this crisis,” Issa wrote in an exclusive email interview with Al-Monitor. “And that is why we continue to work hard to build more bridges of understanding and cooperation, and to remove the artificial fences created by detachment from each other, and exacerbated by the lack of substantive dialogue in the past.”
Issa, who is Saudi and based in Mecca, has been a leader and champion of interfaith dialogue. In January, he headed the most senior Islamic delegation to visit Auschwitz to participate in the 75th anniversary of the death camp’s liberation. In 2017, he met with Pope Francis and forged the first cooperative agreement between the Muslim World League and the Vatican.
“Throughout this global health crisis, we in the Muslim World League have provided significant humanitarian assistance to Muslim and non-Muslim countries,” Issa said. “So we try to lead by example, and show that we are all in this together, and we should be extending the bridges of support and assistance to all in need.”
Issa, who also heads the Intellectual Warfare Center, which is affiliated with the Saudi Defense Ministry to combat extremism and terrorism, has been praised by the State Department and world leaders for his message of moderate Islam.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Issa and the Muslim World League have kept the focus on “spreading awareness of moderate Islam,” as well as the importance of “following health guidelines designed to maintain public safety.”
He said that “suspending umrah [pilgrimage to Mecca] was a difficult decision” but that “Muslims in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere have understood this decision and overwhelmingly backed it,” adding that Muslim community leaders and worshippers worldwide understand the “imperative to protect human life.”….
CogitoErgoSum says
He contradicts Koran 9:29. If he could tell me when or where this verse was either abrogated or expired I might believe him. Otherwise, he is contradicting what I read in the Koran. He needs to explain this because I’m pretty sure most Muslims will be like me and think what is in the Koran takes precedence over the words of any man living today.
FYI says
Pope francis,the Man in White, always seems happy to meet his preferred flock:the muslims,not those pesky Catholics.
Pope francis who says allah {who CURSES Christians for believing in Jesus koran 9:30,denies Christ koran 4:157/koran 4:171 and the Holy Spirit koran 5;116(he replaces the HS with MARY in the Trinity)and thinks Christians are polytheists},the ARAB god of islam, who admits to being a champion at deception{koran 3:54} is the SAME as the Biblical Christian God when Logically and Theologically that is impossible.
“interfaith”:what nonsense!
Pope francis who said in St Patrick’s cathedral in April 2018
“Jesus life ended in failure at the cross”.Failure?
Is the pope a Catholic?He isn’t ,it seems,even a Christian!
Such a statement no christian can accept as true as it is the TRIUMPH of the Cross.
CogitoErgoSum says
The Pope is a Catholic second and a Marxist first.
FYI says
Isn’t there something in Catholicism about sins against the Holy Spirit and if I am not mistaken one of them is “Denial of the Known Truth”?
For pope francis to say the death of Jesus was a failure when it is in fact the greatest Triumph{over death and sin} surely constitutes “Denial of the Known Truth” and thus is a sin against the Holy Spirit…
No wonder islam appeals to him and he is on the same page as his beloved muslims as that is what the koran teaches koran 4:157;the denial of the point of Jesus being on the Cross.
CogitoErgoSum says
I don’t think Islam appeals to him. He just does not understand it. I don’t know how he can believe Islam and Christians worship the same God unless he either thinks God is a liar or that the Bible is wrong about Jesus being the Son of God … or he’s just an outright fool. I hate to say that about a Pope but he is very perplexing to me. And yes, in addition to not understanding Islam, he seems to have numerous misunderstandings about Catholicism.
mortimer says
I agree with most of what CES says, but people who know Bergoglio say he was not a communist. His globalist and socialist leanings are impossible to miss. He seems to have the shallow, unevolved, unexamined political views of a typical undergraduate. His religious views are those of a typical modern Roman Catholic.
For me, the worst part of Bergoglio is his determination to avoid learning about Islam’s authentic jihad teachings.
Bergoglio is a naive Pollyanna who wants people to get along by pretending Islam doesn’t teach what it teaches.
CogitoErgoSum says
I hope you are wrong about his religious views being the same as the typical Roman Catholic. If so, the entire Catholic Church will soon be the way it now is in China. Save us from that, oh Lord.
Lilith Wept says
And I think that a sin against the Holy Spirit is the only “unforgivable “ sin, all others can be forgiven of you repent.
I can’t remember the verse in the Bible that mentions this. Someone who is a better Bible scholar than I am could post it.
David says
Whoever elected the Pope made a very poor choice. What were they ‘smoking’?
He does not understand why Jesus died on the cross. This is basic Christianity. He appears to be an honorary muslim. I agree with FYI.
Muslims claim Jesus got a substitute to die for him on the cross. This sounds like the World’s first conspiracy story!
Del says
I suspect he might be a closet Muslim, similar to Trudeau.
There is no moderate Islam. There is no radical Islam. There is just Islam.
Deanne says
TAQIYYA,…. DO NOT BELIEVE ANYTHING COMING FROM THIS CULT CALLED ISLAM
GreekEmpress says
+1
John Kopala says
Talk is cheap. Interfaith dialogue is just that, a lot of talk. If you want us to believe there is such as thing as moderate islam then stop the violent islamic jihad taking place around the world. When Christians can worship unmolested by muslims around the world then you can tell us about interfaith dialogue and moderate islam. It will be a cold day in hell when that happens.
gravenimage says
+1
Carol the 1st says
It’s shockingly amusing to see this article (with the Pope smiling naively at al-Issa) directly follow the one titled:
India: “Infected Muslims want to go and spread Corona to Infidels so they can die in hundreds of thousands”
Doesn’t ANYONE else recognize the treacherous al-Issa among all those blue-masked men??! He doubtless came directly to the Pope after that little gathering in India (just to amuse himself)…OOPS! It seems I’m surprisingly wrong – that pic with the Pope was in Sept. 2017. Oh well.
Boromir's Horn says
Nothing like using a crises for an educational fundraiser. Love the hypocrisy of “Muslim World League have provided significant humanitarian assistance to Muslim and non-Muslim countries” Which is code for assisting muslims only in said countries.
TKF says
You can’t reform Islam…..that would be un-Islamic.
mortimer says
TKF is correct: something that is perfect, eternal and complete may not be improved. They are NOT PRACTICING about 80% of classical Islam … they are ignoring many essential teachings.
The following video will explain.
“Moderate Muslims Are Not the Solution to Radical Islam” by Bill Warner, PhD
What’s the difference between ‘radical’ and ‘moderate’ Islam? The Radicals want PURE Islam and PURE Sharia. The ‘moderate’ Muslims want to WATER DOWN Islam because they don’t accept the ENTIRETY of what Islam teaches.
The ‘moderate’ Muslims reject that Islam is COMPLETE, ETERNAL and PERFECT … parts of Islam aren’t so perfect … apparently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y46rmJnSr0Q
David says
A pity that Bill Warner has not giving a suggestion as to the Final Solution to the muslim problem. The clue is in the capital letters.
Del says
The Koran forbids it under pain of death.
Jaladhi says
This “interfaith partnership” to raise the awareness of modern Islam is such a BS since Muslims never ever tell the truth about Islam and continue peddling lies for which our lefty liberal media, academia and leaders fall like dumbest of the dumb. Have the interfaith dialogue only when Muslims are ready to tell and accept the truth about Islam! Until then they can go fly the kite!!
mortimer says
The ‘interfaith dialogue ‘ is typically an exercise in which Muslims pretend that Islam is unitary, whereas in fact Islam is dualistic and a true master of the bait-and-switch technique which is the common denominator of all conspiracies.
Nice religious people fall for it completely. The duplicity of the Muslim dialoguers is completely invisible to the kafirs unless they are well-informed about the species and extent of taqiyya among Muslims. Muslims lie to kafirs in six different ways. It’s sad Western church leaders refuse to learn about taqiyya.
– “Taqiyya permeates almost all the activities and dealings of Muslims with non-Muslim societies…” – a former sheikh Sam Solomon
Wellington says
Interfaith partnerships for Muslims means being told by dhimmi Christians and Jews how wonderful Islam is and then thereafter being told by Muslims how wonderful Islam is, all the while mosques are built in Western lands and Muslims freely preach their faith to non-Muslims in said Western lands while non-Muslim religious people in Muslim countries find it almost impossible, if not impossible, to build their houses of worship while literally taking their life into their hands if they dare preach their religion of choice to Muslims.
This is how “Interfaith partnerships” work where Muslims and compliant, foolish dhimmis are involved. It’s a given. And thus the hypocrisy, stupidity, double standard and suicidal behavior by non-Muslims aplenty in the West continues in this most foolish of ages in man’s existence.
P.S. Hey, check out Governor Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania praying with Muslims a la Justin Trudeau. Yeah, examine this one. No wonder he’s the only US Governor to close the state liquor stores. Just sayin’.
gravenimage says
Agreed, Wellington.
And Governor Wolf is a fool or worse.
andrew mckendrick says
Maybe a wolf in wolf`s clothing.
E T says
Imam to Muslim Youth, Sheikh Younus Kathrada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada:
2004. he said
“Jews are brothers of monkeys and swine.”
December, 2018
“Muslims must be offended when people worship Jesus, congratulating non-Muslims on Christmas and other “false festivals” is a FAR GREATER SIN THAN MURDER, and adulatory and other sins.
Do you know you and I must be offended when people say that they worship Jesus, or when they say Jesus is the son of God? Why do our hearts not react?
Merry Christmas — Are you congratulating them on the birth of your Lord? is that acceptable to a Muslim? By saying that you are approving of it.
Qur’an. — Muslims “ not to go the way of the Jews and the Christians, indeed God is not for evil people. Oh you who have believed, do not take Jews and Christians as allies. They are allies of one another”
March 28, 2020. Daily Madtasah – kids five and up he said:
“Humiliate the unbelievers and polytheists and to destroy the enemies of Islam, the heretics and the atheists.” He then goes on to “Beseech Devine aid and granting victory to those waging jihad on your path in every place, and in granting them victory over their enemies and your enemies”
Dar Al-Ihsan Islamic Center is a “qualified donee” —registered charity under the Canadian Revenue Agency and a disgrace to Canadians.
E T says
Interfaith ha ha ha Friday, March 20, 2020, The little son of Allah, Imam Younus Kathrada told the Muslim youth
“We take Coronavirus precautions seriously and should do the same for Allah’s Commands; We must not ally with Jews and Christians, Infidels. This matter is more serious than COVID-19
somehistory says
““spreading awareness of moderate Islam,” ”
Unhuh. We are all finding out just what moslims are “spreading.” And it isn’t “awareness.”
One thing being spread: the virus.
Another thing: lies about islam.
Michael Copeland says
“Moderate Islam”?
“These terms are ugly and offensive.
There is no moderate or immoderate Islam.
Islam is Islam and that’s it.”
Erdogan
commonsense says
It’s laughable that al-Issa and his delegation of Muslims visited Auschwitz without acknowledging that another Sunni Muslim, Hajj Amin al-Husseini, Mufti of Jerusalem, played a key role in the Holocaust by successfully petitioning Hitler to prevent Jews trapped in Nazi Germany and in Nazi-occupied areas from emigrating to Palestine. Their fate was therefore sealed. Prior to Husseini’s efforts, Hitler had permitted Jews to leave Germany if they forfeited their possessions and had a place that would accept them. Husseini also successfully intimidated the British, threatening riots by Arabs in Mandatory Palestine if severe restrictions were not imposed on Jewish immigration. Thus, this Muslim, Husseini, was responsible in a major way for the mass murder of Jews during WW II. Prior to the Nazi takeover of Europe, Husseini fomented a pogrom against Jews in Hebron and was behind other anti-Jewish attacks.
I piss on al-Issa aand his bogus interfaith crap.
Michael Copeland says
“I declare a holy war, my Moslem brothers! Murder the Jews! Murder them all.”
Haj Amin al-Husseini
https://www.azquotes.com/author/30569-Haj_Amin_al_Husseini
Pal says
Ally Saudi Arabia’s textbooks “still” include passages (i.e. from the Quran) that incite hate against Jews, Christians, homosexuals and other “infidels” and bads
https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/03/saudi-textbooks-revised-but-still-incite-hate.php
gravenimage says
Yep. And al-Issa has never spoken out against this.
Jim Austin says
Quran’s exhortations to kill infidels exercise a pull on all Moslems. Those moderates who resist their ethical imperative feel themselves morally compromised as opposed to those pure minded souls who go on killing sprees.
Moderates are vulnerable to extremist arguments from shared premises. Extremists have no such vulnerability.
At any time, some miserable moderate will undergo a crisis of conscience and decide to become consistently righteous and join the carnage.
Michael Copeland says
Muslim roulette
(hat tip Raymond Ibrahim)
gravenimage says
Muslim World League leader focuses on “spreading awareness of moderate Islam,” calls for interfaith partnerships
…………………
What is “moderate” about the horror of Shari’ah in the terrorism-sponsoring state of Saudi Arabia? Note that the “Muslim World League” is funded by the Saudi state.
Here’s what Pew has to say about them:
https://www.pewforum.org/2010/09/15/muslim-networks-and-movements-in-western-europe-muslim-world-league-and-world-assembly-of-muslim-youth/
This is just Taqiyya from Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa. This group is all about spreading Islam.
This, from their Charter:
“We the members of the Muslim World League, representing it religiously, hereby undertake before God, Almighty to: Discharge our obligation towards God, by conveying and proclaiming His Message all over the world. We also reaffirm our belief that there shall be no peace in the world without the application of the principles of Islam.”
The Charter also says, “…Reject all the pretenses of ancient as well as contemporary Jahiliah (attitudes of the pre-Islamic era).”. In other words, they reject anything that is not Islam. Be they don’t tell the Infidels in their “interfaith partnerships” this…
They call on all to impose Shari’ah law
Michael Copeland says
“….humane ….peace”…..two fine themes:
“Jihad is not inhumane, despite its necessary violence and bloodshed, its ultimate desire is peace.”
Ibrahim Sulaiman
gravenimage says
+1
Lilith Wept says
Interfaith movements by moslems make me sick! As a Christian I know Islam denies Christ …and any interfaith movement on the part of moslems is simply lulling us kafir into a sense of false security, its taqyyia , plain and simple. It’s the continuing propaganda by Islam that “Islam is the religion of peace, Islam respects and honors Issa and many Biblical characters”…
And those that know Islam know that all,this interfaith and the lies it’s putting forward are just to buy Islam time….time to take over our countries .
Islam respects Islam’s erosion of Issa and the Biblical prophets NOT the real,ones whose lives and prophesies are in the Bible.
The prophets did mention Mohammed, as in false prophets will come to lead you astray and away from God. The prophets of the Bible correctly prophesied the coming of Jesus, not a Jesus who faked his death but a Jesus that died on that cross.
Islam’s Issa and the other so called Biblical characters are the twisted ones invented by Mohammed to convince his followers that Mohammed was to be respected honored and obeyed , just as the real prophets and biblical characters were and are .
What makes me so sick about my fellow Christians and this interfaith movement by moslems is they believe it, everything moslems say without actually investigating Islam and the Koran…yet in discussing the Bible, they will demand proof, verses to back up and prove what you are trying to say .
Christians should demand that moslems in Islamic countries build churches and allow open and free worship , with no repercussions for all people in that country, moslem and Christian before they will agree to any interfaith dialogue.
Islam knows very well that if the punishment for apostasy were not enforced, that Islam would die out.
The moslems are smiling with their mouths while hating us with their hearts. Westerners don’t realize that moslems are incredibly patient, and in it for the long game. As long as progress is being made to Islamify the West, they are ok with it taking decades.
CogitoErgoSum says
Anything that advances the cause of Islam is permitted by the god of Islam. Christians should not mistake such a god as being their God of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. As Jesus said, “I know my own and my own know me.”
Jayell says
According to Wikipedia, “The Muslim Wlorld League is a Pan-Islamic[dubious – discuss][1] NGO based in Makkah, Saudi Arabia that aims to clarify the true message of Islam by advancing moderate values that promote peace, tolerance and love.
What the MWL really means is to OBSCURE the true message of islam so that it SEEMS to advance moderate vales (i.e., non-islamic ‘moderate values’) that APPEAR to promote ‘peace, love, and tolerance’ generally but at best means ‘peace, love and tolerance’ if you’re a muslim or can be bamboozled into converting; or maybe that should read the ‘right kind of muslim’; or maybe even just to appear to be promoting ‘peace love and tolerance’ to those whom they feel so inclined for as long as they feel to be so inclined.
By the way, Wikipedia seem to have got this lot well and truly taped when they dismiss their claimed ‘Pan Islamic’ status as ‘dubious’. Like its founder, islam is the ideology of the bloated ego, so every self-proclaimed muslim apparently feels entitled promote themselves and their own ideas in the name of islam without deference to any central authority or authoritative organisation – and that seems even to include the Qur’an, which patently eschews ‘moderate values’. So we get the ‘Muslim Couincil ‘ of this, the ‘Muslim Commission’ for that, a ‘Muslim Parliament’, etc. etc., all totally disconnected and formed by arrogant, over-opinionated, pompous, superannuated islamic gasbags who seem to think they’re somehow entitled to dictate to the entire world. And the ‘Muslim World League’ is just yet another.dubious ragbag.
jca reid says
The hypocrisy of this lot is boiundless. Islam is Islam is Islam! NO Islam lite, NO Islam moderate, & NO Islam Nouveau! Absolutely Pathetic. ANY Non – Muslim falling for this, or endorsing it is a complete idiotic fool!
Michael Copeland says
“Interfaith”?
“It is unbelief (kufr) to hold that the remnant cults now bearing the names of formerly valid religions such as “Christianity” or “Judaism” are acceptable to Allah….”
Manual of Islamic Law, “Reliance of the Traveller”, w4.
No Muzzies Here says
Sorry, I just don’t have a warm, fuzzy feeling about this.
Rooster says
Interfaith patnership? LOL, I don’t doubt the Pope will do all he can to increase the number of members in this man made religion…..makes for more tithes and offerings? Muslims are gullible enough to fall for such deceit which is the way of the world. I’m so thankful and joyful that the Church is made up of believers and not religious partnerships.
Ronald Berrington says
What a load of cobblers. There’s no such thing as “moderate Islam” It is a vicious, barbaric cult.
Mark my words – as soon as Muslims even approach a significant portion of the population – anywhere – they will demand the installation of their laws. This will be fully backed by those so-called moderates. They will follow the guidance and demands of their most outspoken leaders and, as Enoch Powell prophesied – blood will flow in the streets!
JamrsC. says
“Spreading awareness of moderate Islam” ? Try the phrase “Spreading awareness of moderate Nazism”. Just because there is a version of a death cult that doesn’t call for your death immediately, that doesn’t make the death cult humane and decent and fit for decent society.