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Are the seminars and conferences held between Muslims and disbelievers considered a form of loyalty to the disbelievers?

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Question:
The questioner says, may Allah keep you safe: Some have considered the seminars and conferences held between Muslims and disbelievers to be a form of loyalty and support for the disbelievers, and that this is disbelief that takes one out of the religion. Is this statement correct? And what do you advise?

Answer:
There is a distinction here. If the intention is that we please them, that we please them and make a truce with them on the basis that our religion is correct and their religion is correct, and that no one is wrong, then this is undoubtedly disbelief. This is apostasy and disbelief because we have accepted their disbelief and affirmed them in it.
As for the case where the intention is to clarify the truth, presenting to them the truth of the religion of Islam and the invalidity of what they are upon, then this is correct. This is good. Holding seminars for this purpose, to display Islam, clarify the truth, and refute falsehood, is required. Say, "O People of the Book, come to
to a word of equality between us and you: that we worship none but Allah, and we associate nothing with Him, and we do not take one another as lords other than Allah. If they turn away, then say, "Bear witness that we are Muslims"إلى كلمة سواء بيننا وبينكم، ألا نعبد إلا الله ولا نشرك به شيئا، ولا يتخذ بعضنا بعضا أربابا من دون الله، فإن تولوا فقولوا اشهدوا بأنا مسلمون
As-Sunan al-Kubra lil-Nasa'i 65:87
If the intention of these seminars is to please them and that they are upon a true religion, as some say that all religions are correct, that Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the three religions, are correct and all lead to Allah, this is disbelief (kufr). This is because there is no religion except the religion of Islam, and everything other than it is disbelief (kufr) and has been abrogated by Islam. It is not permissible to act upon it after the appearance of Islam. So this distinction is necessary. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 484 - هل الندوات والمؤتمرات التي تقام بين المسلمين والكفار تعتبر موالاة للكفار؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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