AIOU acts to counter Islamophobia

AIOU acts to counter Islamophobia
AIOU acts to counter Islamophobia

 

ISLAMABAD: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) is going to establish four different centres of excellence with varying objectives ranging from countering the growing Islamophobia especially in the Western world, to raise the analytical level of discourse in the Muslim scholarly community; to disseminate the philosophy and thought of Allama Muhammad Iqbal; to produce oral histories and train oral historians; and to promote Sufi thought based on the principles of love, peace, and equality.

Executive Council, the supreme body of the university in its 120th meeting held here the other day under the chairmanship of Prof Dr Zia Ul Qayyum, Vice Chancellor AIOU gave formal approval for the establishment of Centres of Excellence of Seerat Studies, Sufi Studies, Iqbal Chair of Muslim Thoughts, and Creating Achieves Intelligentsia of Pakistan. While explaining the objectives of the Centres of Excellence of Seerat Studies, Prof Dr Zia Ul-Qayyum said that the proposed Centre would help the Pakistani society as well as the Muslims around the world by forming research groups and working as a think tank to provide a logical response to those who are propagating negatively against Islam and the Muslims.

AIOU acts to counter Islamophobia
AIOU acts to counter Islamophobia