{"id":65884,"date":"2026-01-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/2026\/01\/18\/statement-by-the-general-secretariat-regarding-the-resignation-of-his-eminence-prof-dr-muhammad-gormez\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T00:00:00","slug":"statement-by-the-general-secretariat-regarding-the-resignation-of-his-eminence-prof-dr-muhammad-gormez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/2026\/01\/18\/statement-by-the-general-secretariat-regarding-the-resignation-of-his-eminence-prof-dr-muhammad-gormez\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement by the General Secretariat Regarding the Resignation of His Eminence Prof. Dr. Muhammad G\u00f6rmez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><b><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;color:#EE0000\">Statement by the<br \/>\nGeneral Secretariat Regarding the Resignation of His Eminence Prof. Dr.<br \/>\nMuhammad G\u00f6rmez<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The General Secretariat of the<br \/>\nInternational Union of Muslim Scholars affirms that His Eminence Prof. Dr.<br \/>\nMuhammad G\u00f6rmez, upon being appointed as President of the Islamic University of<br \/>\nScience and Technology\u2014a position that requires full dedication, sustained<br \/>\neffort, and continuous engagement\u2014consulted with His Eminence the President of<br \/>\nthe Union, Prof. Dr. Ali Al-Qaradaghi, regarding his resignation from the<br \/>\nresponsibilities entrusted to him, namely his role as Vice President and his<br \/>\nmembership on the Board of Trustees.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Both parties agreed to present<br \/>\nthis resignation to the Board of Trustees. Accordingly, yesterday, on 17<br \/>\nJanuary 2026, Prof. Dr. Muhammad G\u00f6rmez formally submitted his resignation from<br \/>\nthese responsibilities and from his duties within the Union, stressing that<br \/>\nthis decision bears no relation to any individual within the Union, nor does it<br \/>\nstem from any internal disagreement.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Following the publication of<br \/>\nProf. Dr. G\u00f6rmez\u2019s tweet, communication was established with him, during which<br \/>\nhe reaffirmed, in a message addressed to the Board of Trustees, the<br \/>\naforementioned points\u2014confirming the facts and putting an end to any misinterpretation<br \/>\nor unfounded claims.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">As for the allegations<br \/>\ncirculated by some, claiming the existence of a dispute between the two<br \/>\nrespected scholars as the cause of this resignation, they are nothing but<br \/>\nbaseless slander and false accusations with no grounding in truth. Almighty<br \/>\nAllah says:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:22.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\ncolor:#002060\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>\ufd3f\u0648\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0630\u0650\u064a\u0646\u064e \u064a\u064f\u0624\u0652\u0630\u064f\u0648\u0646\u064e<br \/>\n\u0627\u0644\u0652\u0645\u064f\u0624\u0652\u0645\u0650\u0646\u0650\u064a\u0646\u064e \u0648\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0652\u0645\u064f\u0624\u0652\u0645\u0650\u0646\u064e\u0627\u062a\u0650 \u0628\u0650\u063a\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0631\u0650 \u0645\u064e\u0627 \u0627\u0643\u0652\u062a\u064e\u0633\u064e\u0628\u064f\u0648\u0627 \u0641\u064e\u0642\u064e\u062f\u0650 \u0627\u062d\u0652\u062a\u064e\u0645\u064e\u0644\u064f\u0648\u0627<br \/>\n\u0628\u064f\u0647\u0652\u062a\u064e\u0627\u0646\u064b\u0627 \u0648\u064e\u0625\u0650\u062b\u0652\u0645\u064b\u0627 \u0645\u0651\u064f\u0628\u0650\u064a\u0646\u064b\u0627\ufd3e <\/span><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:22.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">\u0633\u0648\u0631\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u062d\u0632\u0627\u0628\u060c \u0627\u0644\u0622\u064a\u0629 58.<\/span><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">We supplicate to Allah Almighty,<br \/>\nby His Most Beautiful Names and Exalted Attributes, to grant our esteemed<br \/>\nSheikh, Prof. Dr. Muhammad G\u00f6rmez, success in his great mission and in his<br \/>\nIslamic and humanitarian message of spreading the religion of Allah throughout<br \/>\nthis world; to bestow upon this university acceptance and divine blessing; and<br \/>\nto make it, for him, his colleagues, and all those who contributed to its<br \/>\nestablishment, an ongoing charity until Allah inherits the earth and all who<br \/>\nare upon it.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\"><b><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">General<br \/>\nSecretariat<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\"><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Doha<span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>: <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span>29 Rajab 1447 AH<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\"><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Corresponding<br \/>\nto: 18 January 2026<span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:1.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:\n&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><b><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:\n&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><b><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:\n&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;color:#EE0000\">* \u0644\u0644\u0627\u0637\u0644\u0627\u0639 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0631\u062c\u0645\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0627\u0645\u0644\u0629 \u0644\u0644\u062a\u0635\u0631\u064a\u062d \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0644\u063a\u0629<br \/>\n\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;\nfont-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">\u060c \u0627\u0636\u063a\u0637 (<span style=\"color:#EE0000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/ar\/ContentDetails.aspx?ID=40849\" target=\"_blank\">\u0647\u0646\u0627<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/b><b><span dir=\"LTR\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statement by the General Secretariat Regarding the Resignation of His Eminence Prof. Dr. Muhammad G\u00f6rmez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":66037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[414,694],"tags":[693],"class_list":["post-65884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-news-en","category-statements-of-the-secretary-general","tag-statements-of-the-secretary-general"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}