Sunday, November 18, 2007

Maulana as a Messenger

Staff Reporter - The Hindu - Chennai, India
Saturday, November 17, 2007


Celebrating the 800th birth anniversary of the great mystic poet Maulana Rumi, the Department of Persian at Jamia Millia Islamia [National Islamic University] is organising an international seminar here from Saturday 17 til Tuesday 20.

The Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Sayed Mahdi Nabizadeh, will inaugurate the four-day seminar on “Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi: Messenger of Love, Peace and Unity”.

A number of delegates from various countries like Pakistan, Germany, France, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and other Central Asian countries would be taking part in the event.

“A great philosopher and multifaceted personality, the Maulana’s doctrine advocates unlimited tolerance, positive reasoning, goodness, charity and awareness through love.

For him, all religions were alike. His peaceful and tolerant teaching has appealed to women and men of all sects and creeds.

His work and thought continue to have universal relevance even today,” said a Jamia spokesperson.

[Visit the Jamia Millia Islamia : http://jmi.nic.in/index.htm].

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Sunday, November 18, 2007

Maulana as a Messenger
Staff Reporter - The Hindu - Chennai, India
Saturday, November 17, 2007


Celebrating the 800th birth anniversary of the great mystic poet Maulana Rumi, the Department of Persian at Jamia Millia Islamia [National Islamic University] is organising an international seminar here from Saturday 17 til Tuesday 20.

The Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Sayed Mahdi Nabizadeh, will inaugurate the four-day seminar on “Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi: Messenger of Love, Peace and Unity”.

A number of delegates from various countries like Pakistan, Germany, France, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and other Central Asian countries would be taking part in the event.

“A great philosopher and multifaceted personality, the Maulana’s doctrine advocates unlimited tolerance, positive reasoning, goodness, charity and awareness through love.

For him, all religions were alike. His peaceful and tolerant teaching has appealed to women and men of all sects and creeds.

His work and thought continue to have universal relevance even today,” said a Jamia spokesperson.

[Visit the Jamia Millia Islamia : http://jmi.nic.in/index.htm].

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