38th Int’l Islamic Unity Conference Opens in Tehran
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian officiated the opening ceremony at the Islamic Summit Conference Hall this morning.
It began with recitation of verses from the Holy Quran by internationally-acclaimed qari Yunes Shahmoradi followed by the playing of Iran’s national anthem.
Then, Hojat-ol-Islam Hamid Shahriari, the secretary general of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought (WFPIST) delivered a speech in which he welcomed the participants and guests and offered congratulations on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and Imam Sadiq (AS) the Islamic Unity Week.
He said the main theme of the 38th International Islamic Unity Conference is Islamic cooperation to achieve common values with an emphasis on Palestine.
It is aimed at pursuing the diplomacy of Islamic proximity and the discourse of Ummah Wahidah (united Ummah), he noted.
Hojat-ol-Islam Shahriari also noted that the overall and fundamental goal of the annual conference is to promote the Quranic concept of unity and bring Muslim countries closer together.
Also 12 new books were unveiled at the inauguration ceremony.
Political and religious officials and figures from various countries in Asia, Europe, the Americas and African are taking part in this year’s conference, which will run through Saturday, September 21.
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The International Islamic Unity Conference is organized by the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought during the Islamic Unity Week every year.
The 17th day of Rabi al-Awwal, which falls on September 21 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 (Thursday, September 16) as the birthday of the last prophet.
The interval between the two dates was declared the Islamic Unity Week by the late founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Imam Khomeini, in the 1980s.
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