Muslim Council of Elders Participates in the Global Justice, Love, and Peace Summit at Expo City Dubai
During his speech at the Global Justice, Love and Peace Summit at Expo City Dubai, the Muslim Council of Elders Secretary-General calls for uniting efforts to protect Planet Earth and achieve a more just and sustainable future for humanity.
Secretary-General of the Muslim Council of Elders: The UAE stands as a beacon of tolerance, coexistence, compassion, and peace.
Judge Abdelsalam: A unified international strategy is essential to confront global challenges and halt the ongoing wars and conflicts worldwide.
Secretary-General of the Muslim Council of Elders: Religions were revealed to bring happiness to people and to promote the values of goodness, love, justice, coexistence, and peace.
Judge Abdelsalam: Today’s world is in dire need of upholding the values of tolerance, coexistence, and human fraternity.
His Excellency Judge Mohamed Abdelsalam, Secretary-General of the Muslim Council of Elders, took part in the Global Justice, Love and Peace Summit held at Expo City Dubai from April 12 to 13, with the participation of 12 Nobel Peace Prize laureates, along with several heads of state, leaders, dignitaries, senior officials, international figures, and religious leaders. The summit is held under the patronage of His Excellency Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence in the United Arab Emirates.
Speaking during a session titled “Beloved Mother Earth, Our Home: Can Love for the Planet Inspire a More Sustainable Future?”, the Secretary-General stated that this important summit, hosted by Expo Dubai in the United Arab Emirates—a land of tolerance, coexistence, love, and peace—represents a valuable opportunity to unite efforts to protect our planet and secure a more sustainable future for ourselves and future generations. He emphasized the importance of strengthening joint action to promote the values of justice, love, and peace, especially in light of the many challenges, wars, and conflicts facing the world today.
The Secretary-General called for a unified international strategy to confront global challenges, noting that religions were revealed to bring happiness to people and to spread the values of goodness, love, justice, coexistence, and peace. He highlighted the pressing need to elevate the values of dialogue, tolerance, coexistence, and human fraternity. He also stressed the importance of restoring the role of religions in activating the values of love and inspiring humanity’s goodwill towards others, making our shared home more balanced and capable of sustaining its role as a dwelling place for the honored human being worthy of dignity and esteem.
Judge Abdelsalam pointed to the efforts undertaken by the Muslim Council of Elders since its establishment in Abu Dhabi in 2014 to promote peace, dialogue, tolerance, and coexistence. He highlighted the role of religious leaders in addressing global challenges—foremost among them environmental peace and the preservation of our shared home, Earth, and confronting climate change, a decisive issue threatening life on this planet. He cited several initiatives in this regard, including the Global Summit of Religious Leaders, which culminated in the release of the Call of Conscience: The Abu Dhabi Joint Declaration on Climate, and the organization of the Faith Pavilion at COP28 in Dubai—the first of its kind in the history of UN Climate Conferences—as well as its second version at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
The Secretary-General concluded by affirming that the Muslim Council of Elders extends its hand to all parties to work together in raising awareness, developing policies and legislation, expanding green innovation and technology, and engaging all sectors of society in a collective effort to achieve a more just, inclusive, and sustainable future for humanity and the preservation of Planet Earth.