Allama Muhammad Iqbal emerged as a major Muslim thinker on nationhood during a period of profound political and intellectual upheaval in British India, when the Western concept of the territorial nation-state was becoming a norm and anti-colonial movements embraced nationalism. For Iqbal, however, nationhood could not be reduced to territory, race, ethnicity or language. His […]
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Alhamra hosts symposium on ‘Iqbal’s Thought as the Guiding Light’
Under the auspices of the Idara-e-Saqafat-e-Islamia, in collaboration with Lahore Arts Council Alhamra and the Pakistan Philosophical Association, a distinguished intellectual and scholarly session titled “The Creative Thought of Islamic Renaissance: From Allama Iqbal to Dr Burhan Ahmed Farooqi” was held at Alhamra Hall 3. The event brought together renowned scholars, intellectuals, students and citizens […]