Islamic Values Forum In Riyadh Concludes With Recommendations To Promote Values In Society

The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance has closed the first Islamic Values Forum in Riyadh, where participants issued wide-ranging recommendations. These centred on a unified national framework for Islamic and national values, stronger institutional partnerships, and better tools to assess how values-based initiatives shape education, media, and community programmes.

The forum’s final statement urged the adoption of a single national framework that weaves Islamic and national values into government policies, school curricula, and media content. This framework is intended to reinforce national identity, promote moderation and centrism, and align public initiatives with shared ethical standards across sectors in Saudi Arabia.

Participants also called for a national index to track the influence of values in education, media, and community work. The index should rely on clear performance indicators, allowing authorities to monitor progress, refine programmes regularly, and gauge the developmental benefits of values-based projects in measurable and transparent ways.

The Islamic Values Forum, held under the theme "Enduring Values for a Better Life," included three scholarly sessions and three training workshops. Discussions covered tools for values influence, digital innovation supporting values, and media skills in values formation. These sessions offered practical approaches for embedding Islamic values within modern communication and digital environments.

An accompanying exhibition ran alongside the Islamic Values Forum, featuring several government bodies and non-profit institutions. These participants presented projects aimed at promoting and entrenching Islamic values in society. Recommendations proposed turning this exhibition into a permanent national platform to display initiatives and link them with partnership prospects and organised institutional support.

The recommendations further highlighted the importance of closer coordination between government agencies, the non-profit sector, and donor institutions to maintain long-term values-based work. They also urged documentation of the Saudi experience in moderation, Hajj security, and advanced services, and its presentation internationally as a model connecting Islamic values with sustainable development and digital transformation.

With inputs from SPA