University of Kerbala and local government have organized the first scientific conference on Imam Ali’s personality , peace be upon him, coinciding with anniversary of his martyrdom, with participation of researchers from Faculty of Education for Human Sciences and Directorate of Education of Karbala.
President of the University, Prof. Dr. Basim K. Nile. , and head of conference, which is held under slogan (Imam Ali, peace be upon him, gift of judgment and wisdom) states that the convening of this conference in its first edition represents beginning of a real partnership with Karbala Governorate to establish scientific conferences that are concerned with reviving occasions of Imams of Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them).
Nile adds that aim of this conference is to pay attention to religious events and highlights the other side of them through sober scientific research, as well as to seek to introduce the world to Imam Ali’s importance and reveal his role in facing crises and difficulties that afflicted the Islamic nation.
Nile indicates that the conference includes several axes, including axis of religious and doctrinal studies, linguistic, literary and rhetorical studies, as well as historical, civilizational and geographical studies, and finally axis of educational, psychological and social studies.
