His Excellency Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary General of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA), presided over the 144th weekly meeting of Departments on Tuesday, 10 Ṣafar 1447 AH, corresponding to 5 August 2025, at the General Secretariat headquarters in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

His Excellency commenced the meeting by extending a warm welcome to the attendees and underscoring the importance of early preparations for the upcoming postponed scientific symposium entitled: “The Role of Religious Leadership in Combating Violence Against Women”, scheduled to be held in October, in light of the research papers received by the Academy. He emphasized the necessity of involving a distinguished group of female scholars from member states, in addition to several researchers from the host country. Furthermore, he recommended inviting both the Organization for Women’s Development and the Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission to participate in the symposium’s proceedings.

Subsequently, the meeting reviewed the resolutions adopted during the previous session and issued several new decisions, most notably:

• Drafting an official letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the scientific symposium and notifying the relevant embassies and permanent missions of their expected participation, in addition to obtaining quotations from hotels.
• Preparing a comprehensive summary of the implementation progress of the Academy’s strategic plan over the past four years, with the aim of reviewing and updating it for presentation at a dedicated meeting