Muslim Seven Year Plan to be core part of annual Japan-Muslim Nations Dialogue

	"We are delighted that 'the vision' of this round of dialogue will be the Muslim Seven Year Plan," said ARC's Secretary General Martin Palmer.

ARC is pleased to announce a memorandum of understanding with environmental NGO Earth Mates Dialogue Centre with whom - in association with a wide range of Muslim bodies, countries and organisations - we are now helping bring into being a Muslim Seven Year Plan (M7YP) - a long-term plan to encourage Muslims to take action on the environment within their communities for many generations to come.

The M7YP will be the core subject at the seventh Annual Dialogue meeting between Japan and Muslim nations, which will take place from March 11-12, 2009 in Kuwait. It will be attended by government ministers and the topic this year will be the Environment: The Challenge and the Vision.

"We are delighted that 'the vision' of this round of dialogue will be the Muslim Seven Year Plan," said ARC's secretary general Martin Palmer.

In addition, in the first week of July, leading Muslim scholars from around the world will meet to issue authoritative Islamic teachings on the environment and to endorse - from a scholarly perspective - the Islamic plans for long term generational change.

The areas on which they will comment include:

	Millions of pilgrims attend the Hajj every year. Photo from www.wikipedia.org