H.E. Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary General of IIFA, chaired the thirty-seventh monthly meeting of the Academy’s personnel on Sunday, 25 Jumada al-Akhirah, 1445, corresponding to 7 January 2024.

His Excellency began the meeting by welcoming the participants, congratulating everyone on the new year, and expressing his hope that this year would be full of achievements and success for IIFA, as the previous one had been. On this occasion, His Excellency thanked all the employees of the Academy for their efforts over the past year, which have contributed significantly to enabling the Academy to carry out many of its programs and projects. He called on everyone to increase their efforts and strive for excellence in their duties so that the new year 2024 will be better than last year.

His Excellency then spoke of his recent visit to Malaysia and his meeting with the Prime Minister , Mr Anwar Ibrahim, to strengthen joint Islamic action, support the bonds of brotherhood between Islamic peoples, and consider the possibility of the State of Malaysia hosting one of the annual sessions of IIFA. His country responded immediately to this request and instructed the General Administration of Islamic Affairs to communicate with the Secretariat General of the Academy to determine a suitable date for holding one of the next sessions of IIFA within the next two years.

His Excellency also met with the Malaysian Minister of Religious Affairs, Dr Dato Muhammad Naeem bin Mukhtar, who expressed the desire of Malaysian scientific and religious institutions in general, and the Malaysian Islamic Development Authority (JAKIM) in particular, to strengthen cooperative and partnership relationship with IIFA in various fields, and to exchange expertise, through a Memorandum of Understanding to be signed by both sides.

As is customary at this type of meeting, the Secretary General paved the floor for IIFA’s employees to express their opinions and observations on work, and His Excellency listened with great interest and focus to their comments and suggestions.

The meeting reviewed previous decisions and issued new decisions, namely:

• Process and print IIFA newsletters in three languages for the last three years and distribute them to all OIC-affiliated delegations.
• Contact the specialized technician to check the entrance door and take all security measures for the IIFA building.