H.E. Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary General of the Academy, chaired the 128th weekly meeting of IIFA’s departments on Tuesday 13 Dhul Quida 1445, corresponding to 21 May 2024 , at the Secretariat General’s headquarters in Jeddah.
His Excellency began the meeting by expressing his condolences to Ayatollah Sayyid Ebrahim Raisi, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, His Eminence Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Al-Hashem, Representative of the Supreme Leader, His Excellency Dr. Hossein Amir Abdollahian, Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and other senior officials who perished with them, may Allah shower them with His vast mercy.
His Excellency then talked about the Islamic Solidarity Fund’s delegation, headed by the Executive Director, H.E. Mr. Mohammad Sulaiman Abalkhail, that visited the Academy’s headquarters and vowed to visit again the Academy in the near future. His Excellency expressed to the delegation the full readiness of the Academy to provide all support to the Fund through organizing workshops, conferences, and seminars aimed at promoting it, achieving the OIC Member States’ aspirations, and serving Islam and Muslims worldwide.
The meeting discussed previous decisions and issued new ones, notably:
- Preparing a visit to the MWL’s Secretary General to discuss holding a conference between both institutions in one of Muslim communities’ countries.
- Including the Makkah Document, the Building Bridges Document, and the Women’s Document in the agenda of the twenty-sixth session for adoption by the Council of the Academy.
- Inventorying the library of the Academy by recording the information for each book digitally by a a specialist with the latest softwares.
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