According to the Public Relations Office of ISCA, in a joint meeting held on Friday, October 17, 2025, the President of the Academy, Professor Najaf Lakzaei, hosted a delegation from Russia and Qatar.
The meeting was attended by Priest Nikita Kuznetsov, President of the Kazan Orthodox Theological University; Dr. Yousuf Mahmoud Al-Siddiqi, Director of the Doha Center for Interfaith Dialogue; Dr. Elena Sergiyona Rogatina, Professor in the Islamic Studies Department of the Kazan Orthodox Seminary; Dr. Mujeeb Ahmad, Former Chair at the Department of History and Pakistan Studies, and Dr. Ilya Viyverkia, Associate Professor in the Philosophy, Religious Studies Department at Moscow State University.
The session was held to promote scientific and cultural cooperation and to expand interfaith interactions between ISCA and academic and theological centers in Russia and Qatar.