ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi said Muslims need to move along with the fast pace of science and technology, if they had to pull themselves out of the miseries as being witnessed in Kashmir, Palestine, and Rohingya.
The president expressed these views while addressing the inaugural session of the Global Al-Farabi Forum in Islamabad on Monday at the COMSTECH secretariat.
The two-day symposium was held to celebrate the contributions of great Muslim philosopher and scientist Abu Nasr Al-Farabi on his 1,150th birth anniversary, jointly organised by the governments of Pakistan and Kazakhstan.
He said the future looks to Muslims but they need to work hard and ensure that the people are educated and healthy.
The president urged the Ministerial Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation of the OIC to play its role in imparting contemporary knowledge to the youth of Muslim Ummah.
The president said Muslims could bring about a change with the strength of ethics and knowledge. He regretted that Muslims were in misery in Kashmir, Palestine, and Rohingya. He said Artificial Intelligence had alarmingly increased the pace of knowledge.
Praising Muslim philosophers, the president said it was the Muslim era that brought the old Greek philosophy to the modern world.
He said it was high time for Muslim Ummah to imbibe the knowledge and humanistic principles as presented by Al-Farabi, who wrote in the fields of political philosophy, metaphysics, ethics, and logic.
Emphasizing on a combination of morality and knowledge for Muslims to grow in the world, the president said that the world was not looking for morality but Muslims were looking for morality, and they could bring about a change with the strength of ethics and knowledge.
The president said that Artificial Intelligence had alarmingly increased the pace of knowledge.
Praising Muslim philosophers, the president said that it was the Muslim era that brought the old Greek philosophy to the modern world.
He said that we should visit the principles of Al-Farabi which are quite relevant even today.
He said that Pakistan is heading in the right direction, showing positive indicators in various sectors, including economy, law and order, and social development.
He said that Pakistan had also overcome the challenge of terrorism while extremism and polarisation were rising in India.
He said Muslims would lead the world in morality, and the Muslim youth had an important role to play in that regard.
The president emphasized ending elitism in education for socio-economic development. Alvi said distance learning and information technology can help ensure everyone's access to education. He said Pakistan is working in this direction.
Similarly, he said, health insurance programme has been launched in the country to provide deserving families with free health facilities.
The president also advised the students to play their active role in the socio-economic development of the country.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2020
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