The Secretary General of the Muslim World League and Chairman of the Council of Muslim Scholars, Sheikh Dr. Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Alissa, affirmed that the League labours to spread peace among religions, whether Judaism or Christianity, keeping away from dealing with fanatics or extremists of these religions. Noting that some people associate the monotheistic religions with the practices of some of their followers.  he pointed out that communicating with terms of brotherhood is common occurrence among different religions.

 

 

In a statement to the Al-Arabiya channel, Alissa explained that “some people misunderstand the Almighty’s saying: “Never will the Jews or the Christians be satisfied with thee unless thou follow their form of religion,” indicating that this verse concerns the Qibla (the direction towards which Muslim turn for prayer). This is the interpretation of Ibn Abbas; may Allah be pleased with him.

          He added, "Even if it is not the Qibla is the issue in this instance, what is meant is religious conviction. Each of the religions has its own conviction, and won’t be satisfied as far beliefs are concerned until you are convinced of its own belief, otherwise all faiths would have been fused into one single religion.”

          He continued: “When we say: (Our Christian or Jewish brothers) first: the term brotherhood is mentioned in the Noble Qur’an in many meanings, including: brotherhood of the religion, “The believers are but brothers.” That is the kinship of brotherhood, even if it is far removed, and of different faith. Allah Almighty said: "And to the 'Aad [We sent] their brother Hud". although they didn’t believe in him”.

          He added: “There is brotherhood at the origin of human creation, even if their beliefs differ, God Almighty said: "O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. "Hence the term of human fraternity.” Pointing out, some think the word brotherhood means those who share the same religion, yet, the Holy Qur’an differ totally from that, as stated above.

          He continued: "what is important here. We will never draw any benefit from any type of hate or any provocative way toward others. Needless to say, we won’t relinquish anything from any of our religious fundamentals. We, in the Muslim World League, pride ourselves to be the guardians of faith and Sharia."

          The Secretary General of the Muslim World League said: “We start with the principles we believe in. That is to promote peace among followers of religions. We deal with Judaism as a religion, the way we deal with Christianity; They are all people of the book, and yes, based on the text of the Qur’an, they differ. Allah Most High said: “They are not [all] the same.” He added: “There are Jews who stood with Muslims countering Islamophobia. We do not deal with extremists, fanatic, or hate mongers, adhering to any religion, culture or ideology especially those who have caused harm to Muslims. We believe that the mistake of few shouldn’t be borne by the rest. The Almighty said: “And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another.” We haven’t gained anything from exchanging and shouting hostility and hatred at each other, except abuse to our religion and its depiction with the worst description possible.