TWMCC Secretary-General Meets the President of the Federation of Islamic Institutions in Brazil
- 2022-Nov-18
HE Dr Mohamed Bechari, Secretary-General of The World Muslim Communities Council, met with Dr Mohamed El Zoghbi, President of the Federation of Islamic Institutions in Brazil on Thursday, November 18, 2022.
During the meeting, both sides discussed the mechanism for enhancing joint cooperation to serve Muslim communities, in addition to issues of coexistence, emphasising the national state, citizenship and integration, as well as settling the concepts of religious, ethnic and cultural pluralism, in order to achieve cooperation and solidarity for the benefit of nations around the world.
Both sides have also discussed ways to formulate scientific, academic and rehabilitation programmes, to confront extremism and isolationism through hard work, to achieve contemporary jurisprudence within the tolerant Islamic Sharia, and in line with Muslim communities’ people conditions in countries they live in, as well as seeking to enhance the positive role of Muslims in various places in the world.
The World Council of Muslim Communities is an international non-governmental organisation, that was established on 8 May 2018 in Abu Dhabi. It includes more than 900 Islamic organisations and institutions from 142 countries. It is a think tank for helping organisations and associations operating in Muslim communities, renew their thinking, improve their performance, and coordinate their joint work.