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Ustad Said Nursi (1876-1960) was a great reformer
who successfully saved the Islamic faith from
the destructive secularism and positivistic philosophy
imposed upon Muslims early 20th century. He perfectly
worked out a strategy for Muslims to live in a
modern state keeping their faith intact. Nursi's
magnum opus Risale-i Nur collection is a 6000-page
commentary on the Quran written for all modern
men colonized by materialist and positivist philosophy.
Showing conformity of Islam's message with modern
science, it helped Turks maintain their faith
under the most despotic regimes, and it became
the basis of many key movements for social, moral
and spiritual reform in Turkish Islam.
It will be interesting to explore Nursi's teachings
in the context of India and its Muslim community
who live in a multi-cultural, multi-religious
secular democratic country. The International
Conference to be held in DHIU would see a healthy
and rich discussion in this regard
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One
of Bediuzzaman's greatest aims was to establish
a university that he called Medresetü'z-Zehra,
where students would be trained in both fields:
Positive and religious sciences. He saw that in
secular schools, only modern sciences were taught,
while in madaris of the east only religious sciences
were taught. So the former was in danger of being
without religion and the latter had to be protected
from bigotry.
He wrote, "The religious sciences are the light
of the conscience, and the modern sciences are
the light of the reason. The truth is manifested
through the combining of them. The students' endeavor
will improve with these two wings. When they are
separated it gives rise to bigotry in the first
one, and wiles and skepticism in the other."
Darul Huda's hosting of an international conference
on Said Nursi and his Risale-i Nur is well justified
as the aims, objectives and the curriculum of
Darul Huda meets Nursi's concept of Medresetü'z-Zehra.
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