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The 21st International Conference on Islamic Unity
started here on Sunday in presence of 850 thinkers
and intellectuals from 45 countries.
The three-day conference opened with inaugural speech
of Chairman of the Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi
Rafsanjani.
Thinkers and intellectuals from Oman, Sudan, Egypt,
Indonesia, Pakistan, Lebanon, Kuwait, Germany, the
US, Tunisia, Syria, Saudi Arabia, France, Morocco,
India, Algeria, Hong Kong, Qatar, Britain, Denmark,
Iraq, Turkey, Gambia, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and
the United Arab Emirates are among the participants
in the conference.
Over 100 articles from foreign and domestic authors
have been received by the secretariat of the conference
of which 70 articles have been selected for presentation,
he said.
Preparing grounds for unity and solidarity of the Muslim
World and bringing closer various cultural and scientific
views are major goals of the conference.
The participants are also to promote coexistence and
find way out of current obstacles including the enemies'
plots and secular thoughts.
The Islamic unity charter which has so far been signed
by over 2,000 Muslim thinkers and scholars will be studied
by the delegates.
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