Official Calls for Muslim Countries’ Joint Headquarters to Tackle Crises
Addressing a webinar titled “Investigating Legal Capacities to Resolve Muslim World Issues”, Hojat-ol-Islam Hamid Shahriari said in Iran, the national Crisis Management Headquarters has made good achievements and it seems that repeating the experience at the Muslim world level can also be fruitful.
He said such a headquarters can be very helpful in managing crises like the coronavirus pandemic.
The webinar was part of the annual International Islamic Unity Conference, which is being held virtually this year due to the COVID-19 restrictions.
Hojat-ol-Islam Shahriari said last week that more than 160 foreign speakers from 47 countries as well as 120 Iranian figures would deliver speeches at this year’s conference.
He said there would also be 8 online forums in Persian and 29 more in other languages, including Arabic, English, French, Urdu, Turkish, Bengali, and Russian.
Papers on the main theme of the conference and 7 sub-categories have been received by the secretariat and the selected ones will be presented during the weeklong event, he further said.
Among other programs, he noted, will be unveiling two books, one on Palestine and the other on Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence).
The closing ceremony of this year’s conference will be held on the eve of the birthday anniversary of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) (November 2), the official went on to say.
The 17th day of Rabi al-Awwal, which falls on November 3 this year, is believed by Shia Muslims to mark the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), while Sunni Muslims regard the 12th day of the month as the birthday of the last prophet.
The interval between the two dates is celebrated every year as the Islamic Unity Week.
Late Founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran Imam Khomeini (RA) declared the occasion as the Islamic Unity Week back in the 1980s.
