New Zealand: H.E. Sheikh Dr. Al-Issa Meets with H.E. Dame Jacinda Ardern, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand

H.E. Sheikh Dr Al-Issa met earlier today with H.E. Dame Jacinda Ardern.

The two discussed a range of issues relating to religious, ethnic, and cultural diversity, and ways to strengthen social cohesion amid such diversity.

Dr Al-Issa praised Dame Jacinda Ardern's principled national and humanitarian leadership in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on Masjid An-Nur in Christchurch.

Dr Al-Issa is visiting New Zealand at the official invitation of H.E. Christopher Luxon, Prime Minister of New Zealand, and has met with a number of the country's political, parliamentary, and religious leaders during his visit.