The king started his address with a prayer to Almighty Allah for the determination and strength to take up the Islamic mission of cordial dialogue with other faiths even if the other side is hostile. The king cited Chapter 16, Verse 125 of the Holy Qur’an: “Invite to the Way of the Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious.”
The king said in his opening speech that those amidst Muslims that hold extremist ideologies have compounded the challenges faced by Islam.
“The enemies of Islam target the salient goals of Islam such as tolerance and justice. That is why your brother invited you to assemble here in order to find ways to counter the challenges of isolation, ignorance, narrow vision and convey to the world the broad Islamic messages based on humanitarian principles and away from hostility and aggression.”
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