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BiH Islamic Community and Ministry of Religious Affairs of Saudi Arabia sign MoU

FENA Press release

SARAJEVO, November 14 (FENA) - Raisu-l-ulama of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina Husein ef. Kavazović and Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Muhammad bin Abdulwahid Al-Arifi signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Sarajevo today.

Rais Kavazović said that the signed Memorandum is only a continuation of good cooperation between the Islamic Community in BiH and BiH with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

He recalled that all these years they managed to cooperate together and take care of Muslims in BiH, as well as many issues and challenges they faced.

"We have received a lot of help from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for construction of mosques, madrasas, colleges. The Kingdom also supported a lot of orphans, and showed its presence in BiH. This is just an extension of the foundations of this collaboration, which will be even more successful," Rais Kavazović added.

Kavazović expressed his hope that in the coming period new meetings would be organized to discuss projects.

Deputy Minister of Saudi Arabia Al-Arifi reminded that cooperation with the Islamic Community in BiH has been going on for a long time, but today it has received its own legal framework.

"King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud try to cooperate and provide support to all Muslims of the world, but also to all people and citizens in general. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia promotes values such as moderation, opposition to radicalism and extremism of any form," Al-Arifi said. 

He expressed the hope that today's Memorandum is a good basis for the Islamic Community of BiH and the Ministry of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to share experiences and cooperate in promoting these values.

As part of the official visit to the Islamic Community, Deputy Minister Al-Arifi also met today with muftis from BiH and visited Main Office of the Islamic Community in BiH, deans and directors of Islamic Community educational institutions, MINA reports.

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