Mr. Mohamed Ould Soueidatt, Minister of Culture, Youth, Sports and Relations with Parliament, President of the Mauritanian National Commission for Education, Culture and Science, visited the International Exhibition and Museum of the Prophet’s Seerah and Islamic Civilization, on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, at the headquarters of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) in Rabat, as part of his visit to the Organization to discuss strengthening partnership between ICESCO and Mauritania.

Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, ICESCO Director-General, accompanied Mr. Soueidatt on a tour of the Exhibition and Museum galleries. He indicated that this exhibition is held as part of ICESCO’s efforts to highlight the civilizational aspects of the Prophet’s Seerah, reflect the true and moderate image of Islam to the world and fight extremist ideology.

He also explained that the initiative to host the first edition of the Exhibition and Museum of the Prophet’s Seerah and Islamic civilization outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the fruit of a strategic partnership between the Organization, the Muslim World League (MWL), and Morocco’s Mohammadia League of Scholars.

The Mauritanian Minister of Culture received detailed presentations on the contents of the Exhibition’s different pavilions, which use modern display technologies including AI and Augmented Reality to take the visitor back to the time of the Prophet (pbuh).

Following the tour, Mr. Ssweidat expressed his delight to visit the Exhibition and the Museum, pointing out that it contributes to the dissemination of deep knowledge of the Prophet’s Seerah using the latest technologies. He also expressed his thanks to ICESCO, MWL and Morocco’s Mohammadia League of Scholars for organizing such an event.