Hassan Kumait

The International Islamic Fiqh Academy emanating from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, as the supreme jurisprudential reference for the member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and Muslim communities in the world, is pleased to highly commend and very much welcome the adoption by the United Nations Human Rights Council at its fifty-third (53) session of a resolution on religious hatred which means incitement to discrimination, hostility and violence against religions; where the resolution urged the disclosure of opposition to advocacy of religious hatred, identifying the motives and manifestations of that hatred, prosecuting its perpetrators in accordance with the laws, and proposing measures aimed at combating religious hatred, the resolution also encouraged states to adopt national laws and policies to prevent and combat acts of religious hatred and advocate for it.

The Secretary General of the Academy, H.E. Prof. Koutoub Sano, chaired the twenty-second monthly meeting of the Academy's personnel on Sunday, 09 Muharam 1444 corresponding to 07 August 2022, at the Academy's headquarters in Jeddah.

His Excellency Sheikh Muhammad Khalid Hanafi, Acting Minister of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in the current authority in Afghanistan, met with a delegation of Muslim scholars visiting Kabul headed by Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary General of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA), at the headquarters of the Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday 22 Dhul Qi’dah 1443H corresponding to 21 June 2022G.

The International Islamic Fiqh Academy received the news of the passing of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, to his Lord today, Friday, 12 Shawwal 1443, corresponding to May 13, 2022, with hearts filled with absolute faith in Allah’s decree and destiny and souls submitted to His will and His inevitable fate.

His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of the Emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates received His Excellency Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary General of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA), on Wednesday, 04 Jumada al-Ula 1443H corresponding to 08 December 2021G in the residence of Dr. Sultan Al Qasimi in Sharjah.

At the invitation of the Mohammed bin Zayed University for Human Sciences in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab [...]

H.E. Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary General of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, delivered on Sunday, 13 Ramadan 1442, corresponding [...]

A joint initiative between the General Secretariat of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA) and the United Nations High Commissioner [...]

《 Those who, when a calamity befalls them, say: We belong to God and to Him we shall return》 Al-Baqarah: [...]