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Overview Report of 3rd Two Days International Conference Mevlana Rumi & Hadrat Sultan Bahoo Preachers of Human Friendship, Peace, Tolerance and Coexistence in the World


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3rd Two Days International Conference
Mevlana Rumi & Hadrat Sultan Bahoo
Preachers of Human Friendship, Peace, Tolerance and Coexistence in the World
MUSLIM Institute and Faculty of Oriental Learning, University of the Punjab, Lahore organized 3rd Two Days International Conference on "Mevlana Rumi and Hadrat Sultan Bahoo: Preachers of Human Friendship, Peace, Tolerance and Coexistence in the World" on Thursday - Friday, February 20-21, 2020 at University of the Punjab, Lahore. Scholars and dignitaries from Poland, UK, Iran, USA and Sudan participated and addressed in the Conference. Researchers from all four provinces of Pakistan and Azad Jammu & Kashmir participated in the conference as well. A number of people from Sikh Community also participated in the Conference.
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Chief & Distinguished Guests
in the Conference
Following dignitaries and honourable excellencies were the chief guests and guests of honours in different sessions of the conference.
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Sahibzada Muhammad Mehboob Sultan
Federal Minister for States and Frontier Regions
 
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Pir Noor-ul-Haq Qadri
Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony
 
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Raja Yassir Humayun Sarfraz
Provincial Minister of Punjab for Higher Education
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Hanif Khan Pitafi
Adviser to Chief Minister Punjab
 
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Dr Reza Nazeri
Consul General of Iran, Lahore
 
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H.E. Abdelrahman Mahmoud
Charge d' Affairs, Embassy of Sudan, Islamabad
Honourable Vice Chancellors
Honourable Vice Chancellors and Principles of following universities and colleges also participated in the conference.
 
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Conference Overview
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The Conference highlighted the teachings and thoughts of Hadrat Sultan Bahoo & Mevlana Rumi and also the role they played in guiding people from materialism to spiritual ascension, from worldly woes to inner contentment and also in making man aware of his real status. The Conference was comprised of four academic sessions and one musical evening session in addition to inaugural and concluding sessions. Speakers presented their Conference papers covering diverse topics highlighting similarities between the teachings of these two renowned Sufi mystics and comparative analysis of the same. The topics of the Conference covered literary, spiritual, social and moral contributions of Mevlana Rumi and Hadrat Sultan Bahoo in their respective ages, the impact of the same on the subsequent periods and also its relevancy in contemporary world to counter rise of moral decline as well as widespread social discontentment and disorientation.
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Day One
Inaugural Session
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First Academic Session
Individual's Transformation in the Teachings of Mevlana Rumi and Ha?rat Sultan Bahoo
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Prof. Dr. Khawaja Muhammad Zakariya
Chair of the Session
 
Former Dean & Principal Oriental Learning College, University of the Punjab, Lahore
Details of speakers and topics discussed in First Academic Session of conference are as follow:
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Research Associate, MUSLIM Institute, Islamabad
Unfolding Salient Features of the Literary Style of Ha?rat Sultan Bahoo's Poetry
 
picture   Dr. Rashida Qazi
Dean, Faculty of Arts, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan
Concept of ‘Raqs’ in the Teachings of Mevlana Rumi
 
picture   Dr. Faisal Jummah
Deputy Registrar, Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences, Balochistan
Inner Perfection: Overview of Teachings of Sultan Bahoo & Mevlana Rumi
 
picture   Dr. Shagufta Yasin
Assistant Professor, Department of Persian, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad
Concept of “Murshid-e-Kamil” in the light of the Teachings of Ha?rat Sultan Bahoo
 
picture   Dr. Umair Mehmood Siddiqui
Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Learning, University of Karachi, Karachi
Psychology of Self Satisfaction In the teachings of Mevlana Rumi And Ha?rat Sultan Bahoo
 
picture   Prof. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Shahid
Chairman, Department of Persian, GC University, Lahore
SSpiritual Edification in the Teachings of Mevlana Rumi and Ha?rat Sultan Bahoo
 
picture   Prof. Dr. Karim Najafi
Payam-e-Noor University, Iran
Importance of Sufi Teachings for the World Peace
 
picture Chair of the Session Dr. Khawaja Muhammad Zakariya is giving conference souvenir to Dr. Iqbal Shahid at the end of First Academic Session.
 
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