His Eminence, Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar 111, has joined Muslim World Leaders at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies in Oxford England for a two-day summit in Oxford England, which also marks the 40th anniversary of the creation of the Centre.

The event, which included an Annual General Meeting of the Centre’s Board of Trustees was declared open on Thursday by King Charles |111 in a ceremony, also attended by former President of Turkey Abdullah Gul, Saudi Prince Turki Al Faisal and Sultan Nazrin San, all of whom are Board of Trustees members along with the Sultan.

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 Saad 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 for us to engender social harmony and peaceful co-existence as our guiding principlesince Islam remains a religion of peace.
The Sultan was accompanied on the trip to England by his Sarkin Fada Alh Kabir Aminu Tafida.