Please find below the programme of the conference held on 17 June 2008 at SOAS, London.

Iqbal in Europe Centenary

International Conference

Programme (10.00 am – 6.30 pm)

Iqbal as a Bridge between the East & the West

 
 
Guests of Honour: HRH Prince El Hassan of Jordan and HE Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani

Recitation from the Holy Qur´an and Translation

Compere: Burzine Waghmar (SOAS)

Welcome to SOAS: Professor Christopher Shackle
Vision Statements: Professor Saeed A Durrani and M. Suheyl Umar

DVD Messages from various luminaries

 
Interval for Tea & Coffee (11.00 – 11.30)
 

Lord Ahmed of Rotherham and Prof. Francis Robinson presiding

Justice (R) Dr Javid Iqbal: Principle of Ijtihad (movement) in Islam

Durdana Ansari: Recitation from Iqbal

Dr Reza Shah-Kazemi: Iqbal and Ecumenism

 
Lunch Break (1.00 – 2.00pm)

 
Glimpses of a Documentary on Iqbal (EndlessEye Inc.)

HRH Prince El Hassan presiding

Prof. Basit Koshul: Iqbal and Western Thinkers
Prof. Vito Salierno: Iqbal´s Visits to Europe: Dialogue between the East & the West

Salman Asif: Iqbal recitation in English

Prof. Anwar Dil: Iqbal in Europe (1905-08): Reflections on his Mind´s Journey

 
Interval for Tea & Coffee (4.10 � 4.40pm)

 
Award of Yamani Medallions (by HE Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani)

Vote of Thanks & Summing-Up: The V. Rev. Dr Peter Berry

Tea & Refreshments (5.30 – 6.30pm)