Under the chairmanship of the Secretary-General of the Academy, H.E. Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, the sixteenth weekly meeting of the directors of the Academy’s departments was held on Wednesday 14 Jamada Al-Akhira 1442, corresponding to 27 January 2021.

His Excellency opened the meeting by welcoming the participants and expressed his thanks to Mr. Mohamed Mondher Chouk, director of the cabinet and protocols, for serving as acting Secretary-General during His Excellency’s visit to the Kingdom of Morocco.

His Excellency also thanked Mr. Abdullah Al-Tamimi, Director of the Department of Conferences and Seminars, for the work and efforts he and his assistant made for the success of the virtual scientific forum that took place between the Academy and the Shariah Councils of Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions in the GCC States.

His Excellency also thanked Mr. Abdulqahir Qamar, director of the department of research, encyclopedias and fatwas, for drafting the speech and the final statement of the forum. His Excellency also thanked other staff members for their cooperation in the success of the forum. He particularly thanked Ms. Sarah Amjad Hussein, public relations officer, for her appreciated efforts and her follow-up in communicating with the guests, which had a significant impact on the participation of the largest number of participants, namely Sheikh Saleh bin Humaid President of the Academy, who enormously appreciated the forum.

His Excellency then spoke about his meeting with the OIC Secretary-General, H.E. Dr. Yousef Al-Othaimeen, who congratulated the Academy for the outstanding achievement of publishing the fourth edition of the resolutions and recommendations in a record time: The OIC Secretary General promised to send copies of the new edition to the OIC Member states.

The meeting resulted in several resolutions, notably:

-Sending (100) copies of the resolutions book to the office of H.E. OIC Secretary-General for dedication to the OIC Member States’ foreign ministers.

-Sending (100) copies of the resolution book to the office of H.E. Sheikh Saleh bin Humaid, President of the Academy.

-The publications and gifting committee should start sending the fourth edition of the resolutions and recommendations to the Assistant Secretaries-General, Directors of OIC Departments and OIC subsidiary and specialized organs, giving ten copies to the departments of the Academy, and to the lists of scholars who previously received gift books, as well as fatwah directions, universities and so forth.

-To formulate an integrated vision on downloading the electronic version of the resolutions book and its marketing.