His Excellency Sheikh Dr. Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa, Secretary General of the Muslim World League and Chairman of the Association of Muslim Scholars, met with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees at the League’s headquarters in Riyadh. , Mr. Filippo Grandi Dr. Al-Issa stressed the importance of UNHCR’s efforts in helping refugees and displaced people around the world, especially in light of the successive global crises that exacerbate this disturbing international problem and their suffering.
For his part, Grandi reaffirmed the Muslim World League’s support for UNHCR’s efforts to help refugees, as well as the various initiatives it has introduced to meet their needs in host communities, noting the importance of a long-term and close partnership that brings the two parties together, which has had a wide positive impact on the relief and protection of refugees and displaced persons.
The meeting was followed by a wide discussion. Strengthen joint cooperation mechanisms between the League and UNHCR to mobilize global support for refugees and displaced persons, and to raise awareness among human societies of the suffering they live in and of what it is a human and moral duty to accept and support them them in these difficult circumstances.
The meeting highlighted the importance of the fatwa issued by the Islamic Academy of Fiqh, affiliated to the World Muslim League, which authorizes the payment of zakat to refugees through UNHCR, as well as the importance of this innovative way of supporting the lives of millions of refugees. and displaced people around the world.
The meeting also discussed the development of future initiatives to develop a partnership between the League and UNHCR to support the humanitarian response to the urgent needs of refugees around the world and help protect them from the risks they face while traveling to asylum. and in host communities, intensifying programs for their social and economic integration and facilitating their access to services, providing basic employment and opportunities for a decent life, and working to find sustainable solutions to their problems.
