Tehran, YJC. The World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought (WFPIST), based in Iran, is organizing the 28th International Islamic Unity Conference, which is to be held from January 7 to 9.
Titled "Unified Islamic Nation: Challenges and Solutions”,
the international congregation will start in Tehran on Wednesday this week.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is scheduled to deliver a speech at the
opening ceremony of the conference.
A number of roughly 1,200 Islamic scholars and intellectuals
from various countries are to take part in the gathering. The participants
include Islamic scholars, ministers of Islamic countries, clerics, and
representatives of scientific and cultural organizations from around the globe.
Over 400 foreign participants from Russia, France, Tunisia,
Syria, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Australia, Egypt, Malaysia, Sweden, the US,
Pakistan, India, Thailand, Sudan, Azerbaijan, Gambia, Jordan, Iraq, Indonesia, Britain,
China, Tatarstan, Afghanistan, Senegal, Algeria, the Philippines, Brazil,
Bahrain, Libya, Nigeria, Yemen, Qatar, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kuwait, Greece,
Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Columbia, and a host of other countries will take part
in the event.
The main topic of the 3-day conference is to discuss ways of
promoting solidarity in the Islamic world and further to draw closer views of
Muslim scholars’ on diverse issues of the day.