In response to the great success and popularity of the International Exhibition and Museum of the Prophet’s Seerah and Islamic Civilization at the headquarters of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and cultural organization (ICESCO) in Rabat, new updates have been inaugurated in the Museum’s various pavilions in partnership between the Muslim World League, ICESCO and the Mohammadia League of Scholars. Most notable of these updates is “Bashir” which is the first AI-generated virtual character dedicated to the noble Seerah of the Prophet.

This inauguration, on Friday (26 July 2024), saw the presence of Dr Ahmed Toufiq, Minister of Awqaf and Islamic affairs of the Kingdom of Morocco, Dr. Ahmed Abbadi, Secretary General of the Mohammadia League of Scholars, Dr. Sami bin Abdullah Al-Saleh, Ambassador of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to the Kingdom of Morocco, and Dr. Nasser bin Musafer al-Qurashi Al-Zahrani, Chairman of the Board of Directors of International Exhibitions and Museums of the Prophet’s Seerah and Islamic Civilization, representing Dr. Mohammed Al-Issa, Secretary General of the Muslim World League. They were received at ICESCO headquarters by Dr. Salim M AlMalik, Director-General of ICESCO.

The participants extended their thanks to His Majesty King Mohammed VI for his patronage of the International Exhibition and Museum of the Prophet’s Seerah and Islamic Civilization. They also expressed their thanks and gratitude to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, may Allah protect him, and His Royal Highness Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, may Allah protect him, for honoring the Kingdom of Morocco with the first edition of this exhibition, which is originally headquartered in Medina.

The participants in the inauguration expressed their happiness with the unparalleled success of the Exhibition and Museum at ICESCO headquarters since its inauguration by the Crown Prince of the kingdom of Morocco, His Royal Highness Prince Moulay El Hassan, on 27 November 2022.

The inauguration began with a tour of the Exhibition’s new sections, most notably “Bashir” section, where Dr. Al-Zahrani reviewed the technical, encyclopedic and scientific capacities of this virtual character, pointing out that it interacts with visitors and answers all their questions pertaining to the Prophet’s biography, providing the exhibition visitors with a unique spiritual digital experience. The attendees praised “Bashir” after it accurately answered their questions, stressing that this step represents an innovative use of the latest technology to serve the biography of our beloved Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.

After that, the section “Prophets as if you see them” was inaugurated, It includes detailed encyclopedias about prophets and the key stations in their lives, in addition to the Encyclopedia “Signs of prophecy and miracles of the message”, which includes 50 thousand proofs from the Holy Quran and the noble Prophet’s Sunnah, and the Encyclopedia of the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him), medicine and health prevention, which features hadiths related to prophetic medicine and ways to prevent diseases and epidemics.

Afterwards, the short film “Story of Zamzam and the Sacred House” was screened in the cinema hall of the Exhibition, to which a number of new films have been added about the biographies of the prophets. The inauguration concluded with launching the development of the section of the greatest Minbar in the world and the trunk that yearned for the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.

Dr. AlMalik, expressed his gratitude to their Excellencies and commended the joint and fruitful cooperation between ICESCO and the Muslim World League, represented by its Secretary General, Dr. Mohammed Al-Issa, and the Mohammadia League of Scholars, represented by its Secretary General, Dr. Ahmed Abbadi, which has achieved great successes, particularly the branch of the International Exhibition and Museum of the Prophet’s Seerah and Islamic Civilization at ICESCO headquarters in Rabat.

It is worth mentioning that this exhibition is the first edition of the International Exhibition and Museum of the Prophet’s Seerah and Islamic Civilization to be held outside Mecca and Medina, which is supervised by the Muslim World League in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under the leadership of its Secretary General, Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa.