The International Islamic Fiqh Academy held its one hundred, twenty-third meeting of departments on Tuesday, 24 Sha’ban, 1445, corresponding to 05 March 2024, under the chairmanship of H.E. Prof. Koutoub Sano, Secretary General of the Academy.

At the beginning of the meeting, His Excellency welcomed the attendees, then spoke about the Doha Arab Book Award, which he won with a group of experts in the humanities and social sciences from the Muslim world, and about his participation in the opening ceremony entitled “A Life for Knowledge”, in which he spoke about his academic journey, starting with school in his country, Guinea, his studies in Saudi Arabia and Tunisia, and moving as a lecturer in Malaysia, where he authored most his works while working at the International Islamic University in Malaysia.

His Excellency reminded everyone of the importance of cooperation and coordination between various departments for the successful organization of the next session of the Academy.

The meeting discussed previous decisions and new decisions have been issued, notably:

• Editing the themes of the upcoming IIFA’s Academy.
• Preparing an MoU to sign with Qatari Ministry of Islamic Affairs, the General Secretariat of the Council of Senior Scholars in Saudi Arabia, and the Al-Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy in Cairo.
• Holding an urgent meeting of IIFA Waqf Fund’s Board of Trustees before Ramadan.