Sir Syed’s Bicentennial commemorated

Various aspects of Sir Syed’s vision and contributions were addressed in the conference

LAHORE: The History and Pakistan Studies Department at Forman Christian College held a national conference to commemorate the Bicentennial of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan on Monday.

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The main focus of the conference was to reconsider, analyse and bring the blurred contours of history, of the 19th India, to contextualise Sir Syed’s vision and efforts in providing a direction to the despairing Muslims. An overarching selection of the aspects of Sir Syed’s vision and contributions were addressed with intellectual depth and philosophical dimensions.



The focus ranged from education for Muslim men and women, religious thoughts, comparative religion, social constructs, political power, modernity and modernisation and its relevance to contemporary concerns and challenges. The speakers lamented that Sir Syed has not received the kind of attention that he deserves as the pioneer of Muslim cause, culture, indeed renaissance of the Muslims of South Asia.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 17^th, 2017.