At the outset of the meeting, His Excellency welcomed all participants and discussed the Academy delegation’s participation in the Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, held in the Republic of Iraq. He thanked Mr Mohammed Al-Mundhir Reda Al-Shawk and Mr Nabil Khalil for their efforts during the visit. His Excellency also referred to several visits the delegation made on the sidelines of its participation, including visits to the Sunni Endowment Diwan, the Iraqi Fiqh Academy, and the University of Baghdad. He further directed that a letter of appreciation be prepared and addressed to H.E. the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Iraq to the Organization, in recognition of the facilities and support extended to the Academy delegation.

His Excellency then reviewed the latest arrangements and preparations for convening the Twenty-Seventh Session of the Council of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy in Malaysia, emphasising the importance of following up on the remaining tasks and completing them within the specified timelines.

The meeting discussed a number of matters related to the upcoming session and adopted several decisions, the most important of which were:

• Ensuring the completion of travel arrangements for Academy members and participants, and preparing the final list of participants for submission to the host institution in Malaysia.
• Finalising the translation of participants’ research abstracts into English in preparation for their transmission to Malaysia for translation into the Bahasa Malaysia language.
• Completing the formatting and compilation of the session presentations and publishing them in a dedicated booklet.
• Distributing the research portfolios of the symposium entitled “The Role of Religious Leaders in Combating Violence Against Women” among the Academy’s staff members for their benefit and reference.