The Sultan of Sokoto and president -general of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, has joined Muslim world leaders at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies in Oxford, England to promote peace.
A release issued by his media team indicated that the Sultan was in London for a two-day meeting, which also marked the 40th anniversary of the centre’s establishment.
In his remarks, Sultan Abubakar enjoined citizens of the world in general and Africa in particular to embrace peace and dialogue to engender social harmony and peaceful co-existence as the guiding principle since Islam remains a religion of peace.
The event, which included an Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the centre’s Board of Trustees (BoT), had its opening ceremony attended on Thursday July 19, 2025 by the centre’s grand patron, King Charles III in a well attended ceremony.
Other attendees included former president of Turkey Abdullah Gul, Saudi Prince Turki Al Faisal and Sultan Nazrin San, all of whom, along Sultan Abubakar, are members of the BoT of the centre.
The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies’s cardinal objectives include promoting interfaith dialogue, inter-civilizational understanding, Islamic finance, environmental issues, fellowships, scholarship, and the growth of Muslim youths in Britain.
The Sultan was accompanied to England by Sarkin Fada Sokoto, Alhaji Kabir Tafida, former Nigeria’s National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), and Koguna Sokoto, Dr Danladi Bako.
