Jordan Times
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Conference of Iraqi scholars
opens
Deputising for His Majesty King Abdullah, Sharif Fawaz Zaben, the King’s Adviser
for Tribal Affairs, inaugurated the 5th conference of Iraqi scholars held by the
Board of Sunni Pious Endowments (Diwan Al Waqf Al Sunni) in Iraq. Over the two-day
conference participants will discuss the formation of an Iraqi fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence)
complex for the issuance of fatwas. They will also discuss means to unify efforts in
dealing with the current situation in Iraq. Ahmad Abdul Ghafour Samerrani, who heads
the diwan, thanked the King for support to Iraq. He called on Iraqi scholars taking
part in the event to entrench the culture of dialogue between them and fight the takfiri
ideology. Several issues related to religious leaders in Iraq and the responsibility of
Iraqi scholars towards their country at this stage will be discussed as well.