Intellectual Affairs Department launches its annual courses for African religious scholars and students

The Department of Intellectual and Cultural Affairs at the Al-Abbas's (p) Holy Shrine has launched its eighth annual series of courses for African religious scholars and students.

These courses are supervised by the Department's Center for African Studies.

The director of the Center; Sheikh Saad Sattar al-Shammari, said that "the Center held its eighth annual courses at its headquarters in the province of Najaf, for researchers and students of religious sciences from African communities, which focused on the preparation of preachers and the leading role of the religious preacher."

Al-Shammari added that"the courses are held under the guidance and patronage of the Senior Official of the Al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine; His Eminence Sayed Ahmad al-Safi, and their aim is to create preachers capable of communicating the authentic Islamic thought of the Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them) to African societies".
For his part, the lecturer at the course, Sheikh Hamid al-Kollabi, explained that "the aim of the course is to prepare the preachers from African communities, to spread the culture and thought of Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them) in African countries, and to build the leadership personality of the religious preacher and its impact on the delivery of information".