The Islamic Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization -ISESCO-, in cooperation with the Observatory of Geopolitical Studies and the Faculty of Law’s Centre for International European and Comparative Law at the Paris Descartes University, will hold an international symposium, on 10 April in the French capital-city, on the theme, “Islam and Adaptation to the Contemporary World: Necessity of Ijtihad”.

Indonesia is hosting a three-day seminar on Islamic schools (madrassas), which was opened by the country's religious affairs minister, Suryadharma Ali, on Tuesday.

Members of the Christian and Muslim communities across Italy are organising a dialogue day on 27 October. The initiative is being spearheaded by a fortnightly online Christian magazine ildialogo.org, and is supported by dozens of groups and associations from both faiths.

The 3rd international Islamic Union Conference on "Shia-Sunnni Scholars Dialogue" was commenced in London, yesterday.

A proposal to celebrate religious holidays on the same day around the world has been accepted at the 7th Eurasia Islamic Council Meeting in Istanbul.

The Union of French Islamic Organisations' 26th annual congress opens in the capital, Paris, on Friday. "Religion and contemporary society" is the theme of this year's conference and thousands of Muslims from all over France and from other European countries are expected to attend.

On August 9, the United Shia Youth of Chicago held its Second Annual Imam-e-Zamana (may Allah hasten his reappearance) conference.