Framing the Iqbal Sessions

The Iqbal Sessions was a day-long seminar exploring the thought of Muhammad Iqbal. It was organised by IMASE (www.imase.org) , The Critical Reading Group and OtherAsias.

Iqbal is significant as he established a universal and unapologetic Muslim position through poetry and prose across three languages: English, Farsi and Urdu. Addressing philosophical, political and spiritual challenges, he has been described as the "best articulated Muslim response to Modernity that the Islamic world has produced in the 20th century."

Sessions were given by Professor Javed Majeed, Dr Mahbub Gani, Dr Rabia Malik and AbdoolKarim Vakil and the event was chaired by Dr Iman Poernomo.

"Give to the youth my sighs of dawn;
Give wings to these eaglets again.
This, dear Lord, is my only wish -
That my insights should be shared by all!"

(Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Bal-i-Jibril - Gabriel's Wing)

Four sessions are presented on this youtube channel,

Session One | Keynote Address | Professor Javed Majeed

Session Two | A vitalist conception of Divinity: Theology a la Bergson and Iqbal | Dr Mahbub Gani

Session Three | Khudi: The Human Ego and its potential | Dr. Rabia Malik

Session Four | Culture and Imperialism: Reading Iqbal in WarOnTerrortimes | AbdoolKarim Vakil


A comprehensive online library of Iqbal's work is maintained by The Iqbal Academy on www.allamaiqbal.com

Category:

Education

Tags:

• IMASE
• CRG
• Iqbal
• Sessions
• Iqbalfest
• Khudi
• Reconstruction