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TEHRAN -- A conference opened at the Hotel Palace Berlin on Friday to survey the need for research on the Quran in modern times.
The Foundation for Islamic Studies (SIS) and the Free University of Berlin are the main organizers of the three-day conference, the SIS announced on its website.
A number of international scholars, including Michael Bongardt of the Free University of Berlin, Philipp Bruckmayr of the University of Vienna, Tarek Elkot of the University of Göttingen in Germany, Morteza Kariminia of the Encyclopaedia Islamica Foundation in Iran, and Farhad Shafti of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, are attending the conference.
In addition, experts from the Center for Translation of the Holy Quran in Iran, the Islamic Centre of Hamburg, and several other international research centers are also participating in the conference.
“By organizing this conference, the SIS has asked for the help of scholars and followers of all monotheistic religions and all denominations to achieve a proper understanding of religion and its principles,” the Iranian cultural attaché in Germany, Hojjatoleslam Mehdi Imanipur, said in his speech at the conference.
The SIS is a young foundation, which aims to promote studies and research in the field of Islam, and also to develop inter-religious dialogue.
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