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The Muslim World League ( MWL; Arabic: رابطة العالم الاسلامي, romanized : Rabitat al-Alam al-Islami [ra:bitˤat al ʕa:lami al isla:mij]) is an international Islamic [1] NGO based in Mecca, Saudi Arabia that promotes what it calls the true message of Islam by advancing moderate values that promote peace, tolerance and love. [2] [3] [4]
In August 2016 Muhammad Al-Issa became Secretary General of the Muslim World League. [5] Under Al-Issa’s direction, the MWL has been widely recognized as one of the leading organizations in Saudi Arabia dedicated to combating extremist ideology. [6] [7] As part of this mission, the MWL has worked to build relations with leaders from other faiths, and to build a consensus across the various ...
International Organization for Relief, Welfare and Development ( Welfare; Arabic: الهيئة العالمية للإغاثة والرعاية والتنمية ), formerly known as the International Islamic Relief Organization or International Islamic Relief Organization of Saudi Arabia ( IIROSA ), is a charity based in Saudi Arabia founded by the Muslim World League in 1978. [2] [3] It is a ...
This is a list of entities that have issued postage stamps at some point since stamps were introduced in 1840. The list includes any kind of governmental entity or officially approved organisation that has issued distinctive types of stamp for postal purposes. These include post offices in foreign countries and postal services organised by military occupations, international organisations ...
Postal service in the United States began with the delivery of stampless letters whose cost was borne by the receiving person, later encompassed pre-paid letters carried by private mail carriers and provisional post offices, and culminated in a system of universal prepayment that required all letters to bear nationally issued adhesive postage stamps. [1]
Postal rates to 1847. Initial United States postage rates were set by Congress as part of the Postal Service Act signed into law by President George Washington on February 20, 1792. The postal rate varied according to "distance zone", the distance a letter was to be carried from the post office where it entered the mail to its final destination.
Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Me–Mz) Each "article" in this category is a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries are formulated on the micro model and so provide summary information about all known issuers. See the Category:Compendium of postage stamp issuers page for details of ...
According to the Pew Research Center, between the 1970s and 1990s, the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Muslim World League and the World Assembly of Muslim Youth in Europe became "so intertwined that it was often difficult to tell them apart". [2] It further notes that the influence of WAMY and MWL has waned somewhat as social media and blogs have "made it easier for other groups to ...