The conference will be held in Gdańsk (Poland) in the European Solidarity Centre on 21st-22nd November 2018. This invitation is addressed to scholars, researchers, experts and professionals interested in the broadly defined Islamic World reaching from the West Africa through the Middle East and Central Asia and towards the Far East. The major focus of the conference is on the Middle East countries, yet topics related to the Muslim countries of the Far East (e.g. Indonesia), Central Asia (e.g. Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan), or North Africa (e.g. Algeria, Morocco) are also within the conference agenda.