75th Weekly Meeting of Department Directors

In the context of seeking to enhance collective work between the Academy’s Departments and to continue coordination and consultation on various issues in order to take appropriate decisions regarding them, the General Secretariat of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA) held its seventy-fifth weekly meeting for the directors of the departments on the 24 Ramadan 1443H corresponding to 25 April 2022G at the headquarters of the General Secretariat in Jeddah.

At the invitation of His Excellency Mr. Youssef Khalawi, Secretary General of the Al Baraka Islamic Economic Forum, His Excellency Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary General of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA), chaired on Thursday 20 Ramadan 1443H corresponding to 21 April 2022G, the fifth session of Sessions of the 42nd session of the Al-Baraka Symposium on the Digital Economy and Future Challenges, which was held in Al-Madinah Al-Munawara, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The title of the session was “The Digital Economy from Islamic Shariah Perspective”.

In a meeting held at the headquarters of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, UNHCR and IIFA agreed to set-up an annual joint mechanism to verify compliance of the Refugee Zakat Fund with Zakat conditions.

on Tuesday 18 Ramadan 1443H corresponding to 19 April 2022G His Excellency Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary General of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA), and H.E. Youssef bin Hassan Khalawi, Secretary General of the Al Baraka Islamic Economic Forum, signed a memorandum of strategic cooperation between the Academy and the Forum to foster continuous and fruitful cooperation in all fields and common issues.

The General Secretariat of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA) held its 74th weekly meeting for department Directors on Monday 17 Ramadan 1443H corresponding to 18 April 2022G, at the headquarters of the General Secretariat in Jeddah.

His Excellency Dr. Akram Lal Al-Din, Executive Director of the International Academy for Shariah Research in Islamic Finance in Malaysia (ISRA), visited on Monday 17 Ramadan 1443H corresponding to 18 April 2023G, the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA) in Jeddah. He was received by Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary General of the Academy.

His Eminence Dr. Muhammad Mustafa Shuaib, the supervisor of the Observatory of Fatwas and Reviews at the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA), representing the Secretary General of the Academy, participated in the work of the eighteenth meeting of the Scientific Committee for Accreditation of the General Council of Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions, on Tuesday 18 Ramadan 1443H corresponding to 19 April 2022G, virtually through Zoom technology.

On Monday, 17 of Ramadan 1443H corresponding to 18 April 2022G, the General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) organized a virtual interactive seminar on the occasion of the Day of the Orphan in the Islamic World.

On Thursday 14 Ramadan 1443H corresponding to 15 April 2022G, His Excellency Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary General of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA), chaired the thirty-fifth periodic meeting of divisions heads, at the headquarters of the General Secretariat in Jeddah.

His Excellency Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary General of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA), welcomed His Excellency Ambassador Amjad Hussein Badewi, Director of the Office of the Muslim World League in Paris, France, on Monday, 10 Ramadan 1443H corresponding to 11 April 2022G, in his office in the General Secretariat of the Academy in the city of Jeddah.