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meeting of international muftis and Islamic scholars met in Oman in 2015 for the 14th Symposium on Development of Jurisprudence Sciences, titled Fiqh of the Era: Fiqh and Religious Renewal (Tajdid). The event was organized by Oman’s Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs.
His Eminence Grand Mufti of the Sultanate of Oman Sheikh Ahmed Al Khalili called for improved education for a better understanding of Islam among the public.
“Scholars are incubators for the treatment of the problems produced by the development of human life,” he said, according to a report in The Times of Oman. The mufti called on scholars to become “the healing balm to problems of the nation.”
One speaker during the symposium was His Eminence Egyptian Mufti Sheikh Dr. Shawqi Ibrahim Allam. “We are facing numerous problems in this era, and we hope that our Fiqh scholars in this symposium would come up with results through their research to address those problems in accordance with Islamic law,” he said during a speech.
One of the challenges is that people have been misled about Islam by extremist organizations. “The Islamic world is facing a struggle as a result of terrorist organizations defaming Islam by choosing and justifying their cause but do not recognize diversity,” said Dr. Mohideen Ahmad of Egypt’s Azhar University.
Sources: The Times of Oman, Oman News Agency