The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) will take part at the conference on the “civilized management of jurisprudential difference”, organized by the General Secretariat for Fatwa Authorities Worldwide, under the supervision of Dar al-Ifta al Misriyyah, in Cairo on 15-16 October 2019.

ISESCO will be represented in this international conference, held under the patronage of the Egyptian president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a delegation composed of Dr. Abdelilah Benarafa, Cultural Advisor to the Director General, and Abdelkader El-Idrissi, editor-in-chief of ISESCO Journal, expert at the Office of the Director General.

This conference, which will be presided over by Dr. Shawki Allam, Mufti of the Arab Republic of Egypt, President of the Supreme Council of Fatwa Authorities Worldwide, aims to identify the civilizational and contemporary sources for dealing with jurisprudential difference, reconsider jurisprudential difference to become a solution for contemporary problems, and suggest fatwa initiatives among the people operating the field of fatwa based on the civilized management of jurisprudential difference.

The conference will annonce the “Charter of Jurisprudential and Fatwa Tolerance” the “International Day for Fatwa” and “Imam Qarafi Award for Fatwa Excellence”.