The International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA) held the 126th meeting of departments on Monday 22 Ramadan 1445, corresponding to 01 April 2024, at IIFA’s headquarters in Jeddah.
The meeting was chaired by H.E. Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary General of the Academy, who spoke about the honor of greeting His Majesty King Mohammed VI of the Kingdom of Morocco while attending Al-Hassaniya Lectures presided over by His Majesty the King and under the organization by the Moroccan Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs. His Excellency also delivered a lecture Ijtihad and contemporary issues at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Mohammed V University in Rabat, a lecture on the role of religious actors in society at the Imams Training Institute, in addition to another lecture on educational stages between tradition and renewal at Dar Al Hadith Al Hassaniya.
The meeting discussed previous decisions and issued new decisions, notably:
- Preparing a database containing session participants’ passport photos and expiration dates and submitting it to the relevant departments.
- Completing the design and typesetting of the brochure for the Cultured Meat Symposium and printing the research papers.
- Completing the design and typesetting of the brochure for the seminar on the role of religious leaders in combating violence against women and printing it.
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