AhlulBayt News Agency

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15 June 2009

7:30:00 PM
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Seminar to Highlight “Need for Convergence in Islamic World”

An international seminar on “Need and Potentials for Convergence in Islamic World” is planned to be held in Jakarta in the middle of June.

Aimed at strengthening Islamic unity, the seminar is going to be organized by the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought in cooperation with a number of Indonesian Islamic organizations.

Scholars from Iran, Syria, Egypt, Turkey, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Pakistan, and India will be present at the two-day event.

Among the issues to be discussed are the potentials among Islamic countries for cooperation in cultural, political and economic arenas.

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