KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin today urged Muslim countries to further strengthen cooperation with each other to achieve greater progress for the community at the global level.
He said the socio-economic, political advancement and survival of Muslims called for greater cooperation among Islamic countries.
The Islamic world also needed greater unity in facing various threats like phyical and spiritual attacks as well as the issue of Islamophobia, he said when opening the 52nd International Quran Reciters Assembly at Dewan Merdeka, Putra World Trade Centre, here today.
His Majesty said the issue of Islamophobia which had poisoned the world community, especially non-Muslims, needed to be tackled with urgency.
"I also hope non-Muslims will be made to understand that Islam is a progressive religion and loves peace.
He added that it was not impossible for Muslims to regain their glory of the past and this could be achieved through greater unity, socio-economic cooperation and mastering of the latest technology.
"Muslims, in my view, should not be at loggerheads over minor matters to the point of causing disunity, bearing in mind the English saying 'United We Stand, Divided We Fall'," he said.
Also present were Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Jamil Khir Baharom.
- Bernama
