The General Secretariat of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA) held its 73rd weekly meeting for department directors on Monday 10 Ramadan 1443H corresponding to 11 April 2022G, at the headquarters of the General Secretariat in Jeddah.

The meeting was chaired by Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary General of the Academy, who started it by welcoming the attendees and thanking them for continuing to participate in the weekly meetings, reiterating the importance of these meetings during which various issues of the Academy are discussed in order to make decisions about them. His Excellency then spoke about his participation in the virtual meeting that was held between the Academy and the Organization for the Development of Women of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which revolved around the issue of the advancement of women and enabling them to participate positively in advancing development within the member states of the Organization. His Excellency indicated during the meeting that the teachings of the true Islamic religion guaranteed for women all political, economic, social, educational and cultural rights that were guaranteed for men.

The meeting then discussed the items of decisions issued by the previous meeting, and several new decisions were issued, the most important of which are:

• Reprinting a number of copies of the Academy’s book of resolutions in Arabic to be gifted to the Academy’s guests and visitors.
• Reprinting the missing issues of the Academy’s journal and uploading the journal’s issues on the Academy’s website in order to spread the benefit of this rich heritage.
• Reviewing the poultry stunning symposium research papers by the scientific committee before final printing in the required design.
• Preparing a list of research presenters for the twenty-fifth Session.