In May 1962, Saudi Arabia convened a conference in Mecca to discuss how secularism and socialism could be confronted. This led to the establishment of the Muslim World League (MWL) as the platform to propagate Wahhabiyya through contacts with like-minded organizations set up or supported by Saudi Arabia in South and Southeast Asia and Africa. Later, in 1972, the MWL was backed by the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY), which took the message of Wahhabiyya to the next generation of Muslims.
