The General Secretariat of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy recently issued the sixth issue of its monthly newsletter called “Academy News”.

This new issue included on its main page a report on the second meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Academy’s Endowment Fund chaired by His Excellency Dr. Yousef Al-Othaimeen, Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). It also included a report on the proceedings of the first consultative symposium between the International Islamic Fiqh Academy and the secretariats and General Departments of endowments in the GCC countries which was headed by His Excellency Sheikh Saleh bin Humaid, the Advisor to the Saudi Royal Court, member of the Council of Senior Scholars, Imam and Preacher of the Grand Mosque, and President of the Academy.

The issue also featured on its first page the text of the statement issued by the General Secretariat of the Academy regarding the clarification of the Sharia ruling on taking vaccines against Covid 19 during the day in the month of Ramadan, and on the precautionary measures taken by the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia regarding those visiting the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan.

The rest of the pages of the issue dealt with a range of reports on the meetings, visits and agreements conducted by His Excellency the General Secretary of the Academy, Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, as well as the activities carried out by the Academy’s departments, and a summary of the minutes of the periodic meetings of the departments and divisions of the Academy.

It is worth mentioning that the monthly newsletter “Academy News” is a paper and electronic newsletter published monthly in three languages: Arabic, English, and French. It aims to introduce members, experts and institutions to the most important activities and events organized by the Academy’s General Secretariat through its departments and divisions in an accurate and continuous manner.