Today, October 23, 2026, the activities of the Second Preparatory International Scientific Conference for the commemoration of the millennium of the Najaf Seminary were concluded. This conference was organized by the Sheikh Al-Tusi Centre for Studies and Investigation, affiliated with the Supreme Commission for the Revival of Heritage at the Holy Al-Abbas Shrine, in cooperation with Al-Ameed Scientific and Intellectual Society, Al-Kafeel and Kufa Universities, and Imam Al-Kadhim (Peace Be Upon Him) College - Najaf Departments, under the title: (The Scientific and Intellectual Contribution of the Najaf Seminary from the Ninth to the Twelfth Century AH). This comes as part of the celebration of the millennium of the Scientific Seminary, which is held under the auspices of the Holy Shrines in Iraq.
Professor Dr. Haider Al-Moosawi, a member of the Administrative Board of Al-Ameed Scientific and Intellectual Society, one of the organizing entities of the conference, clarified: "The second day of the conference, which was held at Al-Kafeel University, included four research sessions, consisting of two morning sessions and two evening sessions. Ten scientific researches were discussed in the morning sessions within the axis of the science of Fiqh and its principles, and the axis of theology and rational sciences, whereas eight researches were discussed in the two evening sessions within the axis of the sciences of the Glorious Quran and the Arabic language, and the axis of Hadith sciences."
Al-Moosawi, who is also the Director of Al-Kafeel Centre for Translation affiliated with the Department of Intellectual and Cultural Affairs at the Holy Al-Abbas Shrine, emphasized: "The evening sessions of this day focused on the intellectual depth of the Scientific Seminary, and its contribution to the solid authorship in those sciences, between the ninth and eleventh Hijri centuries, and the sessions concluded by honoring the researchers, the organizing entities, and the participants."
He further clarified: "The conference was organized by the Sheikh Al-Tusi Centre for Studies and Investigation, affiliated with the Supreme Commission for the Revival of Heritage at the Holy Al-Abbas Shrine, in cooperation with Al-Ameed Scientific and Intellectual Society, Al-Kafeel and Kufa Universities, and Imam Al-Kadhim (Peace Be Upon Him) College / Najaf Departments, under the title: (The Scientific and Intellectual Contribution of the Najaf Seminary from the Ninth to the Twelfth Century AH). It came as part of the celebration of the millennium of the Scientific Seminary held under the auspices of the Holy Shrines in Iraq, and it lasted for two days."
The celebration of the passage of one thousand years since the establishment of the Najaf Seminary, which coincides with the anniversary of the arrival of Sheikh Abu Ja'far Muhammad bin Al-Hasan Al-Tusi (May His Secret Be Sanctified) to this holy city in the year 448 AH, represents an opportunity to highlight the civilizational and scientific role of the city of Najaf and its blessed Seminary, and to shed light on its historical and cultural contributions to the march of the Islamic nation.