The undersecretary said that the ministry contributes to spreading the principles of tolerant Islamic Shariah MALE: Undersecretary at the Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs Sheikh Awad Alanzi met with Maldives’ Minister of Islamic Affairs Dr. Ahmed Zahir Ali in Male on Tuesday. The meeting was attended by Saudi Ambassador to the Maldives Matrek bin Abdullah Al-Ajalin and a number of officials. During the meeting, the Maldivian minister voiced his country’s keenness to enhance cooperation with Saudi Arabia in various fields. For his part, the Saudi undersecretary highlighted the strength of relations between the two countries, praising joint efforts to activate the terms of a previously signed memorandum of understanding to enhance cooperation in spreading the values of moderation. On Monday, Alanzi met with preachers and scholars in the Maldives in the presence of the religious attache at the Kingdom’s embassy in India, Sheikh Badr bin Nasser Alanzi, who supervises the work of the ministry’s preachers in the Maldives and Nepal.