The Secretary General of the Muslim World League Participates in the Main Dialogue Session at Davos Forum 2026

On “The Moral Responsibility of Religious Leaders in Conflicts”

The Secretary General of the Muslim World League Participates in the Main Dialogue Session at Davos Forum 2026

His Excellency the Secretary General of the Muslim World League, Chairman of the Muslim Scholars Association, Sheikh Dr. Muhammead bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, participated this morning in the main dialogue session of the Davos Forum 2026, addressing the topic: “The Moral Responsibility of Religious Leaders in Conflicts.”

In his remarks, Dr. Al-Issa emphasized the importance of religious leaders endorsing and supporting the New York Declaration, issued last July by the High-Level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Palestinian Question and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, co-chaired by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the French Republic. The Declaration was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly with an overwhelming majority of 142 votes, reflecting its standing as a just and wise option.

He further stressed the necessity of a “genuine” and “tangible” understanding by religious leaders that human life and human dignity, including the protection of lives, rights, and legitimate freedoms, constitute a supreme value to which every human being is entitled as a universal principle.

His Excellency also called for stripping any method used to justify injustice and oppression of any claim to immunity or sanctity, affirming that silence in the face of such practices does not constitute neutrality, but rather complicity. He urged exposing the falsehood of exploiting religious texts as tools to ignite unjust wars or to deny legitimate rights.

Addressing the tragedies of killing, he stated: “Any text that is selectively extracted to legitimize killing is a betrayal of the text itself,” adding that “justice is indivisible, and dignity and mercy cannot be applied selectively.”

He continued: “Dehumanizing the ‘other’ is the first step toward every humanitarian catastrophe, and indeed toward the chaos of our world. Innocent blood cannot be classified in a way that elevates some lives over others.” He concluded by affirming that “true religious leaders are not spokespersons for power; rather, they are guardians of virtue and justice, and advocates of dialogue and peace.”