According to the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization, the Iranian Cultural Center in Tunisia will host the program.
"Islamic identity in view of Imam Khomeini (RA) and Sheikh Mohammad al-Khidr Husain” is the theme of this edition of the forum.
It will be addressed by Mohammad Asadi Movahhed, the Iranian cultural attaché in Tunisia, Mustafa Borujerdi, Iran's ambassador and a number of university lecturers.
Sheikh Mohammad al-Khidr Husain (1292-1377/1876-1958), was a great scholar of Tafsir (Quran interpretation), comparative and Maliki fiqh, and Arabic literature and the Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar.
He was born in Nfta, Tunisia to a family that fled from Algeria in the face of the French invasion.
In 1888, he moved with his family to Tunis (Tunisia's capital). Two years later he joined Jami' al-Zaytuna (the equivalent for al-Azhar in Tunisia).
In 1952, the scholar was appointed as the Grand Imam of al-Azhar. He wrote more than 20 scientific works.