Friday, May 6, 2022 – 12:56 p.m.
ABU DHABI, 6 May / WAM / Under the generous patronage of His Excellency Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, and on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of its founding, the World Council of Muslim Communities will hold its International Conference on ninth of this month, with the participation of delegations from more than 150 countries from all regions of the world. To discuss and discuss the topic “Islamic unity … concept, opportunities and challenges” at Abu Dhabi’s National Exhibition Center.
In his speech on the occasion of the announcement of the launch of the conference, His Excellency Dr. Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, President-in-Office of the Council, that the issue of “Islamic unity” is one of the most important issues that has dominated the Muslim mind since the beginning of the last century, noting that the issue of Islamic unity in the modern era began as an intellectual question with movements Independence from Western colonialism, and raised the imagination of writers, intellectuals and thinkers. With the entry of the Islamic world into the postcolonial phase and the accompanying fundamental changes in its political, social and intellectual components and with the emergence of political parties adopting Islam as an ideology to gain power, the concept of Islamic unity is no longer so clear and clear; What the former had, which is that it is a moral and religious entity that brings individuals and communities together and does not exclude their affiliation with different countries and homelands, where cooperation and exchange take place to achieve the interests of the Muslim person and improve his livelihood.
Al-Nuaimi added that Islamic unity created a pioneering civilization that helped push humanity forward great progress, and forged a social and civilized unity of the nation that includes diverse and diverse cultural patterns; But it is organized in the context of a single great civilization, the features of which are defined by the great contributions it has made to mankind in the fields of science, art, literature, philosophy, architecture, astronomy, mathematics, medicine, music … etc.
By emphasizing that this civilizational unity, which spanned centuries and constantly expanded to include peoples and cultures and adopt their sciences and art, presented the world to a nation of pluralism, coexistence and assimilation of the other, and continuous dialogue with religiously opposite that which culminates in cultural exchange by giving and taking and by inclusion, adoption and assimilation of cultures, societies, traditions and customs.
He explained that based on these distant and close historical facts and in an attempt to gain a deep, broad and complex historical foundation, the International Conference of the World Council of Muslim Communities will be held entitled “Islamic Unity: Concept, Opportunities and Challenges “, in the period from 8 to 9 May 2022, to discuss the unity reality Historical Islamic and its manifestations in different areas of life and its role in the construction of a human civilization that was the basis of modern global civilization and its original tributary to all sciences and arts Historically played by the fact of Islamic unity.
To reach the essence of the reality of Islamic unity in its constructive historical picture and in its future images that will advance Muslim communities, the conference will discuss within 100 scientific articles, keynote speeches and a lecture on all topics related to Islamic unity , whether its origins in the Qur’an, Sunnah, case law and its contribution to the development and progress of religious studies and humanity, nature, art and literature, or in the contributions of Islamic unity to the development and development of Muslim communities and the eradication of poverty in them and promoting education and scientific research or in facing the challenges that Muslim societies suffer from, whether it is extremism and violence or intolerance, bias and sectarianism. Through 105 speakers representing all countries where there are Muslims, occupy various religious, political and scientific centers, including heads of state, ministers, muftis, scholars, university presidents, deans, professors, experts, thinkers, researchers and artists.