To promote peaceful global existence, the goal of new Muslim organization launched in England

RELIGIONS NEWS AGENCY (REDNA)- A new organisation for Muslims in Europe has been launched in London to promote bridge-building and peaceful global existence.

The Conference of European and British Muslim Leaders held its inaugural gathering under the auspices of the Muslim World League, whose secretary-general, the former Saudi justice minister Dr Mohammed bin Abdul Karim al-Issa, chaired the event.

Speaking to the 300 religious leaders gathered from all parts of Europe, he commended the Charter of Makkah, which he said was the most important Islamic document in the modern era, advocating coexistence within and between religions, while denouncing terrorism and hatred.

This event came at the end of his whirlwind visit to London where he met the King, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop Justin Welby and parliamentarians, as well as visiting the Foreign Office and the Ministry of Defence.

In its first edition, the conference achieved great success represented in its highly-important and exceptional outputs the most important of which are: the declaration of the establishment of an independent body for the European Muslim communities based in London comprising a Fatwa and religious guidance committee, the ratification of the “Makkah Charter” for training the Muslim Imams in Europe and warning against reducing the religion to mere narrow political goals.