The Mohammed VI Foundation of African Oulema section in South Africa organizes  a scientific conference under the theme of: “Common religious Constants: Foundations of the African Identity”, on Saturday and Sunday:, 29-30 June 2019 , corresponding to 25 Shawwal, in Pretoria.

Program of Activities Lineup:

First Day – Saturday,June 29th,2019

Openning session :

• Recitation of verses from the Holy Quran: by Khalid Albouzidi, an International reciter from the Kingdom of Morocco
• Keynote Address by President of the South African Branch – Sheikh Abdulqadir Mandla Nkosi
• Keynote Address by General Secretary of the Foundation – Sidi Mohamed Rifki

Axe I: Common African Religious Constants: Understandings and Components

• 1^st presentation: Common African Religious Constants: Understandings and Content by Prof. Hassan Azzouzi, Senior lecturer at Sidi Mohamed BenAbdellah University, Fes, Kingdom of Morocco .
• 2^nd presentation: The Effect of Sunni Schools of Law in Reinforcing Peace and Compassion: A South African Case Study with Regard to Attempt to Enact Muslim Personal La by Dr. Muneer Abduroaf- Lecturer, University of Western Cap, Attorney and Trustee- Highlands Waqaf Trust.
• Recitation of verses from the Holy Quran: by Sheikh MousHaroun, Quran reciter from South Africa.

Axe II: The Effect of the Sunni Schools of Jurisprudence (Hanafi, Shafi-ee & Maliki) in Re-enforcing Peace and Compassion

• 1^st presentation: The Maliki Madh-hab in West Africa by Prof. Farida Zumurrud – Lecturer in Higher Education at the Foundation of Daral Hadeeth Al-Hasaniyyah, University of Qarawiyyeen, Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco
•  2^nd presentation: The Sufism of Shaykh Yusef Al Maqassri and its Implications for Moderation by Dr. Auwais Rafudeen- University of South Africa, Religious Studies and Arabic

Second day : Sunday ,June 30^th, 2019, corresponding to Shawwal 25^th, 1440

• Recitation of verses from the Holy Quran: by Haroun Mous, Quran Reciter from South Africa.

Axe III : The Objectives of the Ash-ari & Maturidi Creed and the Role of These Two Creeds in the Protection of Humanity and Development 

• 1^st presentation: Tracing the Jurisprudential Origins of the Sunni Creed by Dr. Abdel Qader Bitar- Professor of Aqeedah and Islamic Thought- Mohammed 1^st University, Oujda, Morocco
• 2^nd presentation: Common African Religious Constants and the Establishment of the Values of Moderation and Non-Extremism- The South African Model by Shaykh Mohammed Dawood Milanzi- President of Al-Falaq Islamic Organisation, Johannesburg

Axe VI: Sunni Sufism and its Effect on the Spiritual Growth for African Communities

Closing Session:

• 1^st presentation: Sunni Sufism and its Establishment of the Culture of Peace Within African Communities by Prof. Idris Al-Fasi Al-Fihri – Senior lecturer at Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University –Fes, Kingdom of Morocco
• 2^nd presentation: A Historical &Spiritual Review of Sunni Sufism in South Africa by Moulana Ahmed Mukaddam, Imaam and consultant in Islamic Affairs at Al Ghazali College, Pretoria, South Africa – Muqaddam of the Qadariyyah Ridawiyyah Nuriyyah Tareeqah
• Summary of the allocutions
• Definition of the results of the seminar
• Closing with Recitation of verses from the Holy Quran: by Khalid Albouzidi, an International reciter from the Kingdom of Morocco