1st Islamic Forum-wraps up deliberations

The participants to the First Islamic Forum wound up meeting in Damascus Wednesday with a statement calling on Arab and Moslem clerics and intellectual to concentrate on the civilized aspects of Islam and its work for peace and dialogue among civilizations.

At the end of a three-day Forum titled " Islamic Jurisprudence Between Renovation and Abuse," the participants urged for enhancing fraternity, coordination and moderation to safeguard the Arab Nation from negative ideological cultural effects. The statement denounced " bloody and painful events in the Islamic World, particularly in Palestine and Iraq," pointing out to the necessity of assisting the people there.

Several scholars and researchers delivered lectures on the significance of jurisprudence in today's world to maintain the identity of true Islam.