Hawzah News Agency- Hujjat al-Islam Hamid Shahriari, Secretary-General of The World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought arrived in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq on Monday, June 20 at the head of a delegation which was warmly received by political, religious and scientific officials of the Kurdistan region.

This trip has been made at the invitation of scientific, cultural and religious figures of the Kurdistan region during which the strategies for creating unity and proximity among Muslim community will be discussed.

After entering the city of Sulaymaniyah, Hujjat al-Islam Shahriari attended the mausoleum of Sheikh Abdul Karim Ghaderi Kasanzani, the head of the Qadriyyah sect, and Sheikh Shamsuddin Mohammad Nehru Qaderi Kasanzani.

In a short speech, the Secretary General of The World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought explained the ways to achieve Islamic unity and the support of the Messenger of God Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

Lectures by Sheikh Mohammad Nehru, Sheikh Majid, and a eulogy on the virtues of the Ahl al-Bayt (PBUT) were other parts of this program.

Following this program, Hujjat al-Islam Shahriari met with some officials of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region to discuss ways of student’s admission as well as faculty exchange programs between the University of Islamic Denominations in Iran and Qadriyyah Sect University in Kurdistan Region.

It must be noted that The Qadriyyah are members of the Sunni Qadiri tariqa (Sufi order). The tariqa got its name from Abdul Qadir Gilani (1077–1166, also transliterated Jilani), who was a Hanbali scholar from Gilan, Iran. The order relies upon adherence to the fundamentals of Sunni Islamic law.