Iraq Participates In A Regional Conference For "Building A New Civilization"

Baghdad / NINA / -The activities of the Third Regional Conference for Islamic Unity kicked off today, Wednesday in the city of Urmia, West Azerbaijan Governorate, under the slogan "Islamic cooperation to achieve common values."

According to Iranian media, "the conference is being held under the auspices of the World Assembly for Proximity between Islamic Doctrines and hosts, for its third edition, which began this morning, a gathering of Islamic scholars and personalities from Iran, Russia, Turkey, Syria, Georgia and Iraq."

In a related context, Hamid Shahriari, Secretary-General of the World Assembly for Proximity of Islamic Doctrines, said: "One of the goals of holding regional conferences for Islamic unity by hosting Iranian provinces is to receive a large number of Islamic personalities and cultural and intellectual elites, Sunni and Shiite, from various provinces of the country, and to involve them in the project of building new Islamic civilization.

Concerning the guests of the Unity Conference, which began today, Shahriari explained that 800 Muslim scholars and intellectuals were invited to participate in the conference.

He added, guests from neighboring countries, including religious scholars and cultural and university elites, will also participate in this conference, from Russia, Georgia, Turkey, Iraq, the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Syria and the Republic of Azerbaijan, looking forward to the availability of opportunities to benefit from the experiences of these scientists during the activities of the conference.

The Secretary-General of the World Assembly for Proximity between Islamic Doctrines said: What is expected of the Islamic world today is that we Muslims join hands to establish the "Union of Islamic Countries" as a starting point in the context of building the "new Islamic civilization."

He continued, we have a graphic model for the concept of "one Islamic nation", which we will present during the activities of the third regional conference for Islamic unity, in addition to the proposal to establish a "Union of Islamic Countries", which contains various aspirations, including the adoption of a unified currency and the expansion of economic, cultural and social relations between Islamic countries. Stressing that achieving these goals depends on giving priority to the culture of dialogue and reaching a common agreement among Muslims./ End