Staff Report - The International News - Islamabad, PakistanSunday, December 9, 2007
Lauding the role of Sufis, the speakers at a seminar here Saturday called for spreading the message of love and ending hatred from the society.
Department of Regional Languages of Allama Iqbal Open University organized the two-day national conference on ‘Sufi poets of Pakistani languages,’ in collaboration with Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.
Speaking on the occasion Caretaker Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination, Dr Mohammad Amjad, said that the process of Sufiism was started from Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) and later after passing through companions of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) it reached to great Sufis.
Dr Mohammad Amjad said that the message of all Sufis like Mohammad Bakhsh, Sultan Bahu, Bullay Shah, Rehman Baba and Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai was to remove hatred and reform the society with the message of love.
He said that Islam spread in the subcontinent due to the message of love of Sufia-e-Karam.
He said that Sufism is that aspect of Islam, which affected the entire world.
Dr Mohammad Amjad said that the Ministry for Inter-Provincial Coordination would soon arrange a ‘National Integration’ conference to create an environment of confidence and national integrity in the country.
He lauded the role of Allama Iqbal Open University for arranging such conferences of Ulema and scholars and publish and propagate their work to create awareness in the society.
Speaking on the occasion, Vice Chancellor AIOU, Dr Mahmood ul Hassan Butt said that Sufi movement was not only continuing in the sub continent but in the entire world.
He said that research was being carried out in the West, USA, about the work of great Sufi and their contribution in reforming the society. “They made the human beings to have a feelings of caress for each other instead of slaying throats,” he added.
He said they spread a message of universal tolerance in which views of the followers of other faiths were equally accommodated.
He stressed for interfaith dialogue among different civilizations to resolve the global problems.
Chairman Academy of Letters Iftikhar Arif in his speech said Sufis played vital role in every era marked by human despondency. He stressed for setting the vital ingredients of divine faith on the right path.
Citing Baha ud Din Zakriya, Mujadid Alf Sani, Hazrat Shah Inayat, he said they are the golden chapters of our history.
Chairman National Language Authority Professor Fateh Mohammad Malik said with the preachings of divine contemplation, we can eliminate terrorism and extremism from the world.
Professor Paraishan Khan Khattak, Dr Najib A Khan, Professor Dr Inamul Haq Javed and Abdullah Jan Abid also expressed their views.
[Picture: Professor Dr. Mahmood H. Butt, Vice Chancellor of Allam Iqbal Open University http://www.aiou.edu.pk/].
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