IIFA and Al Maktoum College for Higher Education in Scotland Sign a Memorandum of Understanding

His Excellency Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary General of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA), and His Excellency Dr. Abu Bakr Jaber Abu Bakr, Head of College and Vice-Chancellor of Al-Maktoum College of Higher Education at the University of Dundee in Britain, signed a cooperation agreement between the two parties on Saturday 18 Rabi` al-Thani 1444H, corresponding to 12 November 2022G, in the British capital, London, on the sidelines of the Al Baraka Forum for Islamic Economics.

At the kind invitation of the management of the Islamic Cultural Center in London, UK, His Excellency Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary General of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA), delivered the Friday sermon at the Great Mosque of London, on 17 Rabi’ al-Thani 1444H corresponding to 11 November 2022G, in both Arabic and English, and its theme was "our duty to our nation.”

His Excellency Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary General of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA), chaired the forty-fifth periodic meeting of the heads of the divisions of the Academy, on Thursday 16 Rabi` al-Thani 1444H, corresponding to 10 November 2022G, via video technology from his residence in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.

His Excellency Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary General of the Academy, and His Excellency Dr. Omar Habtoor Al Darei, Director General of the Emirates Council for Fatwa (part of the Presidential Cabinet), signed a memorandum of cooperation on Thursday 16 Rabi’ al-Thani 1444H corresponding to 10 November 2022G in the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi, in the presence and under the supervision of His Excellency Sheikh Abdullah Bin Bayyah, Chairman of the Council.

His Excellency Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary General of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA), participated in the 9th Assembly of the Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace, which is being held this year under the title "Globalized Conflict and Universal Peace: Demands and Partnerships", from 14 to 16 Rabi’ al-Thani 1444H corresponding to 8 to 10 November 2022G, in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi.

His Excellency Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary General of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA), presided over the 97th weekly meeting of the departments, on Monday 11 Rabi’ al-Thani 1444H corresponding to 07 November 2022G at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Academy in Jeddah.

His Excellency Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary General of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA), received His Excellency Mr. Yahya Lawal, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), on Sunday 12 Rabi’ Al Thani 1444H corresponding to 06 November 2022G at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Academy in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

On Sunday 12 Rabi’ al-Thani 1444H corresponding to 06 November 2022G, His Excellency Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary General of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA), chaired the twenty-fifth monthly periodic meeting of the Academy’s employees, at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Academy in Jeddah.

On the sidelines of his participation in the Bahrain International Forum for Dialogue, His Excellency Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary General of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA), and his accompanying delegation visited the University of Bahrain in Sakhir, on Saturday 11 Rabi’ al-Thani 1444H corresponding to 05 November 2022G

His Excellency Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary General of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA), participated in the Bahrain Forum for Dialogue: “East and West for Human Coexistence” during Thursday and Friday 9-10 Rabi’ al-Thani 1444H corresponding to 3 and 4 November 2022G, which was held under the patronage of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of the Kingdom of Bahrain.