Islamabad, March 26, 2022 (PPI-OT):Pakistan continues to suffer from an ideological struggle once again as a section from within is deliberately trying to alter its ideological direction. Newspapers and different forms of conventional and social media are being used to distort the history. It is a responsibility of the government to teach Quran and Sunnah as per the constitution, but in a complete contrast, the teachings of Quran are being removed from the curriculum as part of a deliberate attempt.
These views were expressed by eminent economist, intellectual and former senator Prof Khurshid Ahmed while addressing online from the UK to an introduction ceremony of his series of books titled Armughan-e-Khurshid. The event was organized by Faran Club International, Karachi in collaboration with IPS on March 23, 2022.
Held in Karachi, the ceremony was also addressed online by Dr Anis Ahmad, chairman, Rehmatul-lil-Alameen Authority and the younger brother of Prof Khurshid Ahmad from Islamabad, Prof Tanzeem Wasti a close friend of Prof Khurshid Ahmad, Zahoor Ahmed Niazi, a well-known journalist from London, Dr Mohsin Ansari, president, Islamic Circle of North America from the US, whereas Khalid Rahman, chairman, IPS, Dr Shahida Wizarat, dean, Institute of Business Management, Karachi, Zaigham Mahmood Rizvi, chairman, National Platform for Housing Research, Bashir Jan Mohammad, a famous businessman, and Dr Irfan Haider, vice chancellor, Zia ud Din University, Karachi, spoke on the occasion about the personality of the distinguished scholar as well as over his new series of books Armughan-e-Khurshid.
The ceremony was moderated by senior anchor Aniq Ahmed, while the vote of thanks was delivered to the distinguished guests and participants by Nadeem Iqbal Advocate, general secretary, Faran Club International. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Anis Ahmed said that Prof. Khursheed Ahmed has explained Islam to the West in the language of the West, and in this day and age, the writings of the eminent intellectual are playing an important role in combating liberalism.
Prof. Dr. Shahida Wizarat said that the work of Prof Khurshid Ahmad in the field of Islamic Economics is of critical importance as in today’s world, the Western countries are continuing to influence the economic as well as social and ideological values of developing countries. Zahoor Ahmad Niazi saw Prof Khurshid Ahmad as the most widely read personality of Tehreek-e-Islami after Maulana Maududi.
Khalid Rehman maintained that the purpose of the life of Prof Khurshid Ahmed was only to serve Islam and Pakistan. He informed that a few more publications from the series of books, which is based on the speeches and writings of Prof Khurshid Ahmad, are also in pipeline. He also revealed that these upcoming publications will be discussing some new topics including the political history of Pakistan while also shedding a light on how different governments from the recent past ran the state of affairs in the country.
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