By IRNA,
Tehran : The 22nd International Islamic Unity Conference opened here on Friday with about 200 scholars from 45 countries attending it.
The conference called “Islamic Ummah: Challenges, Strategies” gets together renowned thinkers from Iran, the U.S., the UK, France, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirate, Egypt, Oman, Sudan, Kuwait, Morocco, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Syria, Tunis, Hong Kong, Turkey, Iraq, Gambia, Pakistan, Indonesia, ,Jordan , Qatar and so forth.
The conference began with an opening speech delivered by Expediency Council Chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and will end with a closing speech by Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Mohammad-Hossein Saffar-Harandi.
The meeting has been organized by the World Assembly for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought (WAPIST) and is expected to touch, within three days of its work, important challenges faced by Muslim nations to maintain their unity.