The Executive Council of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World (FUIW) will hold its 23^rd session at the University of Sharjah, State of the United Arab Emirates, on 2-3 February 2020.

The session will be opened in the presence of Dr. Salim M. Almalik, Director General of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), FUIW Secretary General; Dr. Ahmed bin Salem Al-Ameri, Rector of Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, President of the 7^th FUIW General Conference, Chairman of the Executive Council; and rectors and representatives of Member Universities at the Executive Council.

The agenda of the Executive Council features the discussion of the Report of FUIW Secretary General on the Federation’s General Secretariat between the 22^nd and 23^rd sessions of the Executive Council; the Federation’s Financial Report for 2018; and the Report of the Secretary General on the Federation’s Current Situation and Future Prospects; and the examination of a number of membership applications submitted by many universities of the Islamic world.

The Executive Council is composed of the following Member Universities: Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; University of Sharjah, State of the United Arab Emirates; International Islamic University, Islamic Republic of Pakistan; International University of Africa, Republic of the Sudan; Al-Quds University, State of Palestine; University of Maroua, Republic of Cameroon; Menoufia University, Arab Republic of Egypt; University of Hassan II, Kingdom of Morocco; Bayero University, Federal Republic of Nigeria; Russian Islamic University in Ufa, Russian Federation; Yarmouk University, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Qatar University, State of Qatar; Azerbaijan State University of Economics, Republic of Azerbaijan; International Islamic University Malaysia; and the Islamic University in Uganda.

Established in 1987, the FUIW works under the umbrella of ICESCO and has now 347 Member Universities and higher education institutes.

The 22^nd session of the Executive Council was held in December 2018 at ICESCO headquarters in Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco.