As an extension of the qualitative developments and transformation taking place at the General Secretariat of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA) since His Excellency Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano assumed duties as Secretary General of the Academy, and a desire to enable scientists, intellectuals, researchers and scholars who cannot speak Arabic inside and outside the Muslim world to make the most use of the publications of the Academy, the General Secretariat of the Academy, has succeeded in printing the second edition of the Book of Resolutions and Recommendations in English, after a 22-year break from the first edition in 2000G.
This new edition contains a thorough translation of all the two hundred and thirty-eight (238) resolutions and recommendations issued by the Academy from its founding to the present day.
While congratulating its members and experts on the release of this new edition, the General Secretariat of the Academy extends its great thanks and appreciation to His Excellency Mr. Hussein Ibrahim Taha, Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and to His Excellency Sheikh Dr. Saleh bin Abdullah bin Humaid, President of the Academy and His excellency Dr. Yousuf bin Ahmed Al-Othaimeen, former Secretary-General of the Organization, for their continued support and generous care for the Academy. The General Secretariat also expresses its high appreciation to the scholars, jurists, translators, and reviewers of the Academy for their efforts in completing this work.
On Wednesday, 23 Jumada II 1443H corresponding to 26 January 2022G, His Excellency the Secretary General of the Academy handed over the first copy of the new English-language book edition to his Excellency the Secretary General of the Organization, during their meeting in his office at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the OIC.
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