WORLD ISLAMIC CALL SOCIETY (WICS) CONFERENCE

7th General Conference of Islamic Call, Tripoli Nov. 26-29, 2004
30/11/2004

Muammar Al-Gaddafi addresses the First Islamic Call Congress held in Tripoli, 11-16 December 1970.

Tripoli— The 7th General Conference of Islamic Call has commenced yesterday in Tripoli under the theme "We have not sent you forth but as a mercy for mankind," which is a verse from the Holy Quran, and to continue until Monday.

The conference comes as the largest Islamic gathering since the events of 11 September 2001. It brings together over 250 international cultural and humanitarian organizations constituting the general assembly of the World Islamic Call Society (WICS).

Speaking to The Tripoli Post about the objectives of the conference, Mr. Ibrahim Rabu, Head of the Department of Conferences and International Organizations at WICS, said the conference comes at a rather important time and aims at discussing the WICS' program for the coming four years.

The sixth general conference was held in 2000 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Rabu said The conference is to discuss how best the objectives of the WICS can be accomplished as well as current international developments and their effect on the Islamic humanitarian efforts that are undertaken by members of the general assembly of the WICS.
Also the conference is to select 36 members for the World Islamic Call Council that will supervise WICS, as an international humanitarian organization, for the coming four years, Rabu said.

The conference will also shed light on the universal aspect of Islamic call and to underline the element of "mercy" for mankind in Islam and in its comprehensive aspect that calls for justice, peace and security to all.

Among the delegates to the conference is Sierra Leone's Ahmad Tejan Kabbah and Philippines' Vice President Noli de Castro as well as representatives from the UN nations, the Vatican, senior officials, Islamic scholars, academics.

(The Tripoli Post)