Secretary General of Muslim World League (MWL) Dr Abdullah Bin Abdul-Moshin Al-Turki has affirmed the importance of the role being played by the universities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the field of scientific research notably King Abdul-Aziz City for Science and Technology and King Abdullah University for Science and Technology. The remarks of Dr Al-Turki came at a workshop organized by Alexandria University last night on the role of the Islamic universities in the current stage. Dr Al-Turki called for cooperation among the Islamic universities in the field of research pointing out to the responsibility of the universities as regards graduation of a generation which is aware of its duty towards its religion and nation far away from extremism. He noted that the universities should play an effective role as regards the development of the societies.