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Iqbal's Message Be Heeded To Restore Peaceful, Progressive Image Of Islam: Asif Ali Zardari
Sumaira FH Published April 21, 2018 | 10:22 PM
Pakistan Peoples Party leader has said that national poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal was among Pakistan's intellectual icons whose inspirational message to reconstruct religious thought in Islam needs to be heeded to restore the peaceful, progressive and egalitarian image of Islam.
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st Apr, 2018 ) :Pakistan Peoples Party leader has said that national poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal was among Pakistan's intellectual icons whose inspirational message to reconstruct religious thought in islam needs to be heeded to restore the peaceful, progressive and egalitarian image of Islam.
Asif Ali Zardari, in his message on the 80th death anniversary of Allama Iqbal, said ," As a first step in reconstructing religious thought we must resist attempts to exploit religion and misinterpret it for foisting their political agendas.
" He said Allama Iqbal believed that religion was a living and dynamic force that needed to be continuously interpreted, and called upon the people to assert themselves in reinterpreting religious thought.
He said, "Let us on this day, in memory of Iqbal, dedicate ourselves to free inquiry, discussion and debate, as preached by him, so as to understand the true message of religion". "Let us on this day also refuse to blindly follow the dogmatic and archaic interpretations of religion", he said.
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