Representatives of Islamic institutions from all over the world and their American counterparts along scientific, intellectual from all over the world are taking part.

The conference, which will last for two days, will focus on a number of themes naming: “The Cultural Contribution between the United States of America and the Islamic World: The Reality and the Aspirations”, “Islam’s Contribution to the Promotion of World Peace”, “Muslims in the United States of America: Integration and Citizenship”, “The intellectual trends in employing religious freedoms”, “Communication between the United States of America and the Islamic world”, “Common civilizational and humanistic traits” and “ Mutual exchange between the United States and the Islamic world” including many other topics.

A distinguished group of academics and researchers from all around the world will participate in the conference. There will also be mutual dialogue sessions between a number of Muslim and American students.

The Secretary General of the Muslim World League Dr. Mohammed bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa explained that the league aims at highlighting the Islamic civilization and its pioneering historical experience in opening up to other civilizations, which emphasizes the concepts of cultural exchange, and consolidate the idea of human brotherhood based on righteousness, justice, charity and companionship, as well as reviewing evidence from Islamic history about coexistence with the people of the world.

The conference will emphasize as well that extremism is present in a small percentage within the Islamic world. According to the latest estimates, one in 200,000 people are identified as extremists.

At the conference on Saturday, Dr. Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen, the secretary-general of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), said that the OIC firmly believes in the importance of dialogue and communication in promoting mutual respect and understanding and continues to attach great importance to engaging with international stakeholders such as the US in order to establish a meaningful and practical partnership that will serve as a framework for action.

“We have common objectives to the goal of establishing a culture of peaceful coexistence and the promotion of human dignity,” Othaimeen said.

He added the benefits of communication that it promotes cohesion and cohesion among people and instigates the effects of hatred and discrimination both in terms of faith, culture and religion.