12-12-2018

 

Times of Oman

Muscat: The First International Conference ‘Sharia Sciences: Challenges of the Present and Future Horizons’ started on Tuesday at Grand Millennium Hotel under the auspices of His Eminence Sheikh Ahmed bin Hamad Al Khalili, Grand Mufti of the Sultanate.

The three-day conference seeks to diagnose the areas of strength and weakness in these sciences. It will also discuss the roles of modern organisations with interest in developing such sciences.

While addressing the gathering, he stressed the importance of the conference at which scholars will discuss the Sharia sciences of interest for Muslims together with the challenges of reality and future horizons.

The conference includes a number of themes, such as the role of the Sharia complexes in developing the Sharia sciences, the role of Omani scholars in the service of Sharia sciences and the role of educational sciences in the development and teaching of the Sharia sciences.