The Secretary General of the Muslim World League (MWL), the Director of the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO), Sheikh Dr. Muhammad bin Abdulkarin Al-Issa, chaired the board meeting of IIRO that was heled at the main headquarter of the General Secretariat of MWL in Makkah Al-Mukaramah and was attended by the SG of IIRO Hassan bin Darwish Shahbar and the board members. Dr. Al-Issa confirmed in his speech at the beginning of the meeting on the tasks and the goals of establishing IIRO, which is patronage by MWL, and the hard work to achieve them through MWL according to the humanitarian message of Islam all over the world. He also clarified that IIRO is taking a great attention to work only with the legitimate international institutions, associations and organizations. Sheikh Muhammad pointed out that Islam now is facing great challenges so for that Muslims must react in more responsibility to spread the true Islamic values of humanity and mercy for all that the savagery of extreme terrorism has tried to keep it in minds that receive its information from one narrow angle. He explained also that the relief programs of IIRO and MWL are for everyone no matter who they are, Muslims or non-Muslims, because this is what Islam taught us to do and this is the universality of real Islam. The meeting also discussed a number of relevant issues such as the budget estimates for the current year, the technical report of the International Relief Fund for the Islamic Loan and reviewing the work of other previous international and local cooperation agreements. Dr. Al-Issa at the end of the meeting urged the committees of IIRO and its employees and collaborators to redouble their efforts to achieve the goals of which IIRO was established for.
