By YOUSUF MUHAMMAD | ARAB NEWS
MADINAH: The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance will organize a two-day seminar in Riyadh in October on Saudi websites specializing in dawa.
Assistant undersecretary of the ministry Abdul Mohsen Al-Asheikh said the seminar on Oct. 5-6 is aimed at evaluating dawa activities on the Internet, encourage people to join these sites and coordinate efforts in fighting extremism.
He said 23 working papers will be presented during the seminar and will form the basis for developing recommendations.
Al-Asheikh said more than 110 government and private bodies in addition to charity organizations and Islamic websites will participate in the seminar.
He said there will be 26 government and 15 general Islamic sites as well as sites for scholars, religious students and others.
Al-Asheikh said the scientific committee was revising the papers in order to finalize them for presentation.
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