AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): An international book fair was held at Islamia College University Peshawar in Pakistan as the Iranian booth provided books on religion and Islamic unity among other topics.
The event was organized by Jamaat-e-Islami association of the university and publishers from Turkey, Afghanistan, and Pakistan had also taken part in the fair.
According to a report by the Iranian cultural house in Peshawar, the fair was opened in presence of the university’s head Mohammed Edris, head of Iran’s cultural house Mehran Eskandarian, head of Persian department of the university professor Yousef Khosh Hosseini, and a host of other lecturers and officials as well as large number of students.
Addressing the event, head of Jamaat-e-Islami party of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province Moshtagh Ahmed appreciated the efforts of the Iranian cultural house, saying that the presence of Iran has increased the quality of the event.
Pointing to features of famous thinker Muhammad Iqbal, the official called on students to have a deeper reading of Iqbal’s works and use the insights in their lives.
Iqbal was not just a poet as part of his teachings has been for the guidance of Muslims and have been derived from Quranic verses and Prophetic hadiths, he said.
The Iranian booth at the event showcased several books on Islam, Islamic unity, literature, Iranian figures, tourism, and handicrafts.
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