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| [[File:WML logo.png|thumb|228x228px|Logo]] | | #REDIRECT [[World Muslim League]] |
| The '''Muslim World League''' ('''MWL''') is a [[reactionary]] [[Islam|Islamic]] organization created by the [[Kingdom of Saudi Arabia|Saudi monarchy]] to fight against [[secularism]] and [[socialism]]. It denounced Arab [[nationalism]] and considers the achievements of Arabs to be achievements of Islam.<ref name=":1222">{{Citation|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]|year=2008|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World|chapter=Mecca|page=|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf|publisher=The New Press|isbn=9781595583420|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref><sup>:260</sup>
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| == History ==
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| In May 1962, Crown Prince [[Faisal Al Saud|Faisal]] invited 111 scholars into Mecca to found the Muslim World League. In 1969, at the request of [[Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan|Jordan]], Faisal created the [[Organization of the Islamic Conference]], which created an international news agency.<ref name=":1222" /><sup>:260</sup>
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| == Activities ==
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| In Islamic countries, the MWL provided services to the public after the state privatized them. In [[Socialist state|socialist countries]] such as [[People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1967–1990)|Yemen]] and [[Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978–1992)|Afghanistan]], it armed [[Counterrevolution|counterrevolutionary]] groups.<ref name=":1222" /><sup>:271</sup>
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| == References ==
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