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The World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought (WFPIST) as well as Tehran's Ecumenical Society (Persian: مجمع جهانی تقریب مذاهب اسلامی) is a forum that was established on October 1990 by order of Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in Tehran for the reconciliation between different Islamic schools and branches.<ref></ref> | The World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought (WFPIST) as well as Tehran's Ecumenical Society (Persian: مجمع جهانی تقریب مذاهب اسلامی) is a forum that was established on October 1990 by order of Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in Tehran for the reconciliation between different Islamic schools and branches.<ref>Rainer Brunner, Werner Ende (January 2001). The Twelver Shia in Modern Times: Religious Culture and Political History. Brill. ISBN 9004118039. </ref> | ||
=Background of the establishment= | =Background of the establishment= | ||
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==General Secretary== | ==General Secretary== | ||
According to the statute, General Secretary has the highest executive status in the forum. Vali-e-Faqih elects General Secretary among the candidates who are nominated by Supreme Council, for four years. The Secretary General is a member of the Supreme Council. The first General Secretary was Ayatollah Taskhiri. | According to the statute, General Secretary has the highest executive status in the forum. Vali-e-Faqih elects General Secretary among the candidates who are nominated by Supreme Council, for four years. The Secretary General is a member of the Supreme Council. The first General Secretary was Ayatollah Taskhiri. Already Ayatollah Mohsen Araki is the General Secretary of forum.<ref>"The World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought held the inauguration ceremony of the new Secretary General". AVA. Retrieved 8 April 2015.</ref> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||