Iran Press/ Iran News: Hamid Shahriari, Secretary-General of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought, said in a press conference on Tuesday, "Like every year, we wanted to hold a conference in-person and we had planned for more than three months, but with the outbreak of Coronavirus, for the first time, International Conference on Islamic Unity will be held virtually.
The Secretary-General of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought, stating that 7 programs have been planned for this year's conference, said that in the first part, which is lectures by the university and seminary professors, more than 167 foreign lecturers from 47 countries and 120 domestic lecturers, prominent figures of the Islamic world and experts on the unity affairs will participate.
Shahriari added that these speakers will deliver speeches on their main topics, which are the current problems and issues of the Islamic world.
The senior cleric said the total number of speakers at the forthcoming conference is expected to reach about 350, and this is the first time that conference guests have the opportunity to express their views on key issues in the Islamic world.
The Secretary-General of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought also referred to the insult of French officials to the Holy Prophet of Islam (PBUH) and said: "The conspiracy of the enemies of Islam is that we are divided in the Islamic world and they always incite this division."
Shahriari said that the enemies of Islam promote Islamophobia and we must introduce the real Islam to the world through awareness and discourse, and we must not allow them to destroy the true Islam by introducing false Islam that promotes violence.
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