Conclusion of the Second Preliminary International Scientific Conference Commemorating the Millennium of the Najaf Seminary (Hawza)

The Al-Abbas's (p) Holy Shrine concluded the activities of the second preliminary international scientific conference, to commemorate the millennium of the Najaf Seminary.

The conference was organized by the Sheikh Tusi Center for Studies and Investigation of the Supreme Commission for the Revival of Heritage at the al-Abbas’s (p) Holy Shrine, in cooperation with the Al-Ameed Scientific and Intellectual Society, the universities of Al-Kafeel and Kufa, and the Imam Al-Kadhem College (peace be upon him) / Najaf departments, with the title: (Scientific and cognitive giving to the seminary of Najaf Al-Ashraf from the ninth to the twelfth centuries AH), and it came within the celebration of the millennium of the seminary, which is held under the auspices of The holy shrines in Iraq, and it lasted for two days.

The activities of the first day included a speech by His Eminence Sayed Al-Safi and another for the scientific and preparatory committees, delivered by Mr. Dr. Abdul Hakim Al-Safi, in addition to the presentation of a documentary film about the Supreme Authority’s preparations for the seminary’s millennium, and the unveiling of the Supreme Authority’s publications on the heritage of the seminary’s notables from the ninth to the twelfth centuries AH, in addition to holding the opening research session of the conference, during which four papers were discussed.

The activities of the second day, which were held at Al-Kafeel University, included four research sessions, two morning sessions and two evening sessions. Ten scientific research was discussed in the morning in the field of jurisprudence and its origins, and the field of theology and mental sciences.

In the two evening sessions, eight research papers were discussed in the axis of Qur’anic sciences, the Arabic language, and the axis of Hadith sciences, and concluded by honoring the researchers, organizers and participants.

The celebration of the one thousand year anniversary of the founding of the Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf Seminary, which coincides with the anniversary of the arrival of Sheikh Abu Jaafar Muhammad bin Al-Hasan Al-Tusi to this holy city in the year 448 AH, represents an opportunity to highlight the cultural and scientific role of the Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf Seminary and its blessed seminary, and to shed light on its historical and cultural contributions to the path of the Islamic nation.