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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints welcomed the leader of the world’s largest Islamic organization to Utah on December 10 and 11, 2023.
KH Yahya Cholil Staquf, general chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama Central Board, and a delegation of six others visited the house of the Lord in Orem, Utah, on Sunday, December 10, 2023. Elder Adilson de Paula Parrella and Elder William K. Jackson of the Seventy led Pak Yahya’s group on a tour of this new temple, which will be dedicated in January 2024.
On Monday, the group met with President Dallin H. Oaks of the First Presidency, Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and Elders Matthew S. Holland, Anthony D. Perkins and David P. Homer of the Seventy.
Church leaders’ association with Pak Yahya began one year ago. Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles met him at the G20 Religion Forum in Bali, Indonesia, in 2022. Among other things, the two discussed the pamphlet “Muslims and Latter-day Saints: Beliefs, Values, and Lifestyles,” which introduces Muslims and Latter-day Saints to each other.
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