The Executive Council of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic world (FUIW) affiliated with the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) began its two-day fourteenth session at Al- Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia today under the patronage of Minister of Higher Education Dr. Khalid Ala'anqari. The Council will discuss a number of projects including the Islamic Virtual University, the Islamic Universities Business Network, the Federation Prize for University Research, and the university education programme of action for countering the denigration of Islam and Muslims.