Rabat: The Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) affirmed keenness on enhancing scientific and research cooperation.
28 Apr 2021 - 7:33
QNA
Doha: Isesco Chair in Alliance of Civilizations at the College of Sharia and Islamic Studies at Qatar University, in cooperation with the Journal of Sharia and Islamic Studies at Kuwait University, under the auspices of Qatar Committee for the Alliance of Civilizations, hosted a conference entitled “Conference on Occidentalism in Contemporary Cognitive Deliberation.”
A group of prominent international researchers specialized in Western studies, religions and the dialogue of civilizations participated in the conference.
The conference, which was held virtually, discussed several axes to crystallize systematic and legal rules in Islamic studies. Among those axes are the concept of Occidentalism, its objectives, and its historical development, Occidentalism in Arab and Islamic cognitive deliberation, as well as in the global cognitive deliberation field, aspects of the agreement and the difference between Occidentalism and Orientalism, and the methodo