Agadir hosts international meeting on Islamic literature

The Atlantic southern city of Agadir hosted January 16-18 the third international meeting on Islamic literature that devoted debates to the personality of Mohamed El Mokhtar Soussi, as a creator and critic.

Debates also dealt with applied criticism, of text and method.

Participants stressed the need to respond to the attacks of the western world that seek to harm the Islamic identity through a constructive Islamic literature at the service of the whole humankind, to avoid politician and partisan disputes and to open a constructive dialogue.

On the sidelines of the meeting, the Agadir college of arts and humanities held an exhibition of books, manuscripts and scientific documents.

Scholars, academics and poets from Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Algeria, India, The United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom attended the meeting.

The meeting is co-sponsored by the international Islamic literature league. The India-based league, set up in 1985, seeks to support cultural and artistic creations having a sound Islamic inspiration. The league has several regional bureaus, including the bureau of Arab countries and the bureau of the Arab Maghreb.

It sponsors cultural events and scientific colloquies on Islamic literature.