Int’l Islamic Unity Conference: President of 35th Edition Appointed
Secretary General of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought (WFPIST) Hojat-ol-Islam Hamid Shahriari in a decree appointed Mehdi Aghamohammad as the president of this edition.
In separate decrees, he also appointed other officials of the event, including its scientific secretary and heads of different work groups.
The 35th International Islamic Unity Conference will be held in autumn concurrent with the Muslim Unity Week.
The 34th edition of the conference was held virtually last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
More than 160 foreign speakers from 47 countries as well as 120 Iranian figures delivered speeches at the video-conference.
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.
