A group of Muslim world academics from across the globe will discuss the family challenges in face of western threats at the international conference hosted by Iran’s northeastern city of Mashhad.

The Secretary General of World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought, Hujjat-ul-Islam Hamid Shahriari, explained the schedule for the Monday conference on “Human Dignity and Family Challenges in Modern World”, reported Taqrib News Agency (TNA).

He made the remarks at the press briefing of the first conference on human dignity and family challenges at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad which will also host two other sessions of the event on Monday and Tuesday.

He said,” The first axis of the conference is on human dignity and the challenges of family and we intend to involve a network of academies to discuss the issue.”

The cleric noted that the conference will endeavor to find solutions for the current challenges threatening the families and human values.

He added,” The World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought has established a network of the Muslim world academies on top of its agenda in an effort to involve them in confrontation with the modern world challenges.”

Hujjat-ul-Islam Hamid Shahriari said,” In an effort to boost unity, academics and people from different walks of life should be involved and the diplomacy in four levels: general, scholastic, academic and political should be highlighted.”

He added,” What we pursue in Mashhad conference is in the academic level.”

According to the cleric, during two years of planning, several meetings were held with the members of a policy-making council in attendance and a number of articles were also received.

More than 300 abstracts were sent to the secretariat of the first conference from Iran and eight other countries.

The Secretary General of World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought said three expert-level panels will be held following the opening ceremony which is scheduled to be held on Monday.

The conference will make one of a series of meetings for the academics, researchers and intellectuals from across the world of Islam to discuss the key issues of Muslims in contemporary world.

The topic for the present edition of the conference is protection and transcendence of human dignity in contemporary world and each edition of the conference will discuss one of the major issues challenging Muslim citizens across the globe.