Jeddah, NU Online
More than 20,000 expatriates embraced Islam over the past 20 years since the establishment of the branch of the Islamic Education Foundation (IEF) at the Rawdah district in Riyadh in 1993.<>

Director of the branch Saleh Al-Dalaiqan commended the efforts of the Daawa (propaganda) section of the IEF. The section made use of various modern multimedia techniques to take the message of Islam to various communities apart from the lectures, seminars and distribution of books, tapes and fliers. It also sends its preachers to residential centers, work places where non-Muslims were found in large numbers.

The website www.IslamReligion.com is its website devoted to familiarize Islam to non-Muslims in major languages such as English, Spanish, French, Russian, Portuguese, German, Japanese and Chinese. The website assists at least eight people to embrace Islam daily. It also provides chatting facility for those who want to know more about Islam and also to encourage those who are inclined toward Islam.

The site receives an average of 10,000 hits a day from different parts of the world especially from the United States, Britain and India, Al-Dalaiqan said in a statement to the Saudi Press Agency.

“It is a noble service in the path of Allah to help people to find the right path. The number of people embracing Islam is on the increase because of the concerted efforts of the foundation’s preachers team, philanthropists who generously support various projects of the foundation,” he said. He also appealed to all to support the propagation service of the foundation.

The Islamic Education Foundation was established under the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Propagation and Guidance.

The foundation seeks to enlighten the Muslims in order to make them aware of their religion. It also presents the religion in its true spirit to non-Muslims and removes the misconceptions they may have about Islam.

It undertakes various activities such as introducing the religion of Islam to non-Muslims and prints books and reproduce audio and video materials for distribution. It also conducts classes to teach Arabic to non-Arab expatriates.

Islam is the official religion of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Holy Qur’an its constitution.

Editor : Sudarto Murtaufiq