Caretaker Education Minister Syed Madad Ali Sindhi has said that the Arabic language is a great asset of Muslims and needed to be promoted.
While addressing the conference organized by the Faculty of Arabic of International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) on the topic of “Role of Institutions and Individuals in the reviving the Arabic Language” on Monday, he said that Arabic is an eloquent language, it is a flowing river whose flow is increasing day by day.
Madad Ali appreciated the exemplary role of the International Islamic University in the promotion of Arabic where teachers from many other countries including Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia were playing an excellent role.
He said that institutions like the International Islamic University should be promoted in the society and the other universities should also adopt the IIUI’s style of education.
He said that the service of the Arabic language was also worship. Talking about importance of education, he said the only solution to development lies in prioritizing education.
Speaking at the conference, the Ambassador of Republic of Yemen H.E. Muhammad Mutahar Al-Ashbi said that Arabic was the language of the Qur’an, steps should be taken to promote Arabic.
Expressing his views, Acting President of IIUI Dr. Abdul Raheman said that the role of Arabic language was important in economic and academic development. He also mentioned that IIUI was already serving the cause of promotion of Arabic language with great efforts. He apprised that at IIUI, courses of Quran comprehension and functional Arabic language were compulsory.
On the occasion, Dean of the Faculty of Arabic, Dr. Fazalullah suggested that Arabic must be included as compulsory subject at Primary level , as well as it may also be included on higher level in the curriculum. He also briefed about the aims and objectives of the conference.
The conference was also addressed by Dr. Habib-ur-RahmanAsim, and other researchers and experts of Arabic language.
