Jordan Times
Thursday, July 7, 2005
King Receives American
Muslim Scholars
His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday meets with Feisal Abdul Rauf, chairman of
the Cordoba Initiative, which enhances ties between the Islamic world and the
US, and Ingrid Mattson, vice president of the Islamic Society for North America.
During the meeting, in the Monarch said scholars of the Islamic Ummah should
cooperate to find solutions to problems faced by the Islamic community,
highlighting the important role they play in clarifying the real image of Islam
and its principles. Abdul Rauf and Mattson, who are in Amman to attend the
International Islamic Conference, thanked the King for his efforts to defend
Islam and stand up to the campaigns seeking to distort the image of the faith.