1st int’l meeting on lovers of Ahl ul-Beit starts work

A first international meeting of the lovers of Ahl ul-Beit (Household of Last Messenger of Allah, Hadhrat Muhammad) and the Takfiri issue started work in Tehran on Wednesday.

Chairman of the Iranian Expediency Council, Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi delivered the opening lecture to the conference.

The conference is staged in the presence of over 500 scholars, both Sunni and Shia from 94 foreign states. Also, over 250 scholars, Shia and Sunni from inside Iran are in attendance.

The conference will run for two days and will debate such issues as the scourge of Takfiris, unity and Muslims, and common issues between Shia and Sunni sects of Islam.