The Sultan of Sokoto Saad Abubakar has called on world citizens especially Africans to embrace dialogue and peace. This was when the Sultan joined Muslim World Leaders at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Oxford England for a two-day summit. The confab also marks the 40th anniversary of the creation of the Centre..
The confab which is an Annual General Meeting of the Centre’s Board of Trustees was declared open by the Centre’s Grand Patron, King Charles |||. The well attended ceremony which included former President of Turkey Abdullah Gul , Saudi Prince Turki Al Faisal and Sultan Nazrin San all are Board of Trustees members along with Sultan Saad.
The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies has among it’s cardinal objectives the goal of promoting interfaith dialogue , inter-civilizational understanding , Islamic finance , environment issues , fellowships , scholarship and the growth of Muslim youths in Britain.
Sultan Saad Abubakar in his remarks enjoined citizens of the world in general and Africa in particular to embrace peace and dialogue all the time for us to engender social harmony and peaceful co-existence as the guiding principle since Islam remains a religion of peace.
