Tehran, September 05:About 500 Muslim scholars from 80 countries have been invited to attend the upcoming international conference on Islamic awakening, the secretary of the conference has announced.
Ali Akbar Velayati, who is also the Supreme Leader’s top advisor, made the announcement at a press conference which was held in IRIB conference hall on Sunday.
He said that the conference, which is the first of its kind, is scheduled to be held on September 17 and 18 in Tehran.
“We decided to invite scholars who had never held any government post and worked only in the field of ideas,” he stated.
One of the main purposes of this conference is to clear the way for the interchange of ideas among countries on the history of Islamic awakening and the current political issues, he added.
—Agencies