The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has called for unity and dialogue to promote world peace.
He made the call when he joined Muslim world leaders at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies in Oxford for a two-day summit in England.
The Sultan at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies in Oxford, England, in July 2025.
According to a statement by a member of the Sultan’s delegation, Danladi Bako, the event also marks the 40th anniversary of the creation of the centre.
The statement added, “His Eminence Sultan Saad Abubakar in his remarks after the meeting enjoined citizens of the world in general and Africa in particular to embrace peace and dialogue all the time for us to engender social harmony and peaceful co-existence as our guiding principle since Islam remains a religion of peace.
“The Sultan was accompanied on the trip to England by his Sarkin Fada, Kabir Tafida.”