Muslim World League (MWL)
MUSLIM WORLD LEAGUE (MWL)
International organization (Rabitat al-Alam al-Islami) founded in May 1962, at the Islamic summit organized in Mecca, by King Faysal of Arabia. Its goals are to explicate and disseminate Islamic principles of culture and faith, to consolidate unity and solidarity within Islam, and to uphold the rights and interests of Muslims in the world. The League publishes the weekly The Muslim World (Daʾwat al Haqq).
SEE ALSO Mecca.
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