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The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saad Abubakar, joined Muslim World Leaders at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies in Oxford England for a two-day summit in Oxford England.
The summit also marked the 40th anniversary of the creation of the centre.
The event, which would feature an annual general meeting of the centre’s Board of Trustees was declared open on Thursday, by the Centre’s Grand Patron, King Charles III, in a well attended ceremony.
At the event were former President of Turkey Abdullah Gul; Saudi Prince, Turki Al Faisal; and Sultan Nazrin San, who are all Board of Trustees members along with Sultan Saad.
The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies has among its cardinal objectives the goal of promoting interfaith dialogue , inter-civilisational understanding, Islamic finance, environment issues, fellowships, scholarship and the growth of Muslim youths in Britain.
Sultan Abubakar, in his remarks after the meeting, enjoined citizens of the world in general and Africa in particular to embrace peace and dialogue all the time to engender social harmony and peaceful co-existence as our guiding principle, since Islam remains a religion of peace.
The Sultan was accompanied on the trip to England by his Sarkin Fada, Alh Kabir Aminu Tafida.
