The Center focuses on "contemporary Islamic Movements, their thoughts and practices, symbolisms and ideologies and especially those that have [an] historic impact which is still in effect today".
Al-Mesbar Centre tries to materialize this transformation process through its various cultural, research and specialized scientific activities.
[2] Its general manager and a member of the editorial board is another Saudi Arabian journalist, Islamic legal scholar, and television producer Abdulah Bin Bijad Al Otaibi.
[3] In line with its goals and priorities, Al Mesbar organises specialist seminars and conferences with the aim of spreading awareness of the issues covered amongst a wider public audience.
Topics covered include European Islamism, the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian peninsula, religious education as well as many lesser known Islamist groups that are spread across the wider Middle East.