Fiqh symposium opens in Muscat

An annual fiqh symposium kicked off here on Sunday, with a number of Muslim clerics and scholars attending. The 13th Forum on the Evolution of the Fiqhi (Juristic) Sciences is held under the theme "Human Mutualness and Interest. The four-day symposium will focus on humans share on equality, justice, Shura and human rights in addition to common topics related to Islamic Sharia law, international laws and human rights organizations. It will also discuss several areas, including the terminology and concepts and in law, Justice Fiqh, Human Rights Fiqh in international conventions, Islamic Fiqh, Fiqh of human mutualness according to Islamic Scholars, Sharia Politics and comparison of Islamic Fiqh and World Jurisprudence heritage. The 13th symposium will be attended by a number of Awqaf ministers and religious affairs, Muftis from some Arab and Islamic countries, in addition to scholars and thinkers.