Pakistan to set up museum about Allama Iqbal in Germany

[Edevelop]

HEIDELBERG, GERMANY: Pakistan will set up a museum about Allama Mohammad Iqbal in Heidelberg,Germany, where the poet had lived between 1907-08.

Iqbal had lived in Heidelberg while pursuing a doctorate from the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich. He wrote his famed “Javed Nama” on the banks of River Neckar – a Rhine tributary.

According to a statement, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Germany Syed Hasan Javed said that all out efforts will be made to set up the museum at the house where Iqbal had stayed for his PhD studies. Pakistan’s Consul General in Frankfurt was directed to form a committee comprising of prominent Pakistanis living in Frankfurt and its adjoining cities, including Heidelberg, to take up the matter with the City Government of the Heidelberg for the acquisition of the property.

Addressing participants of a literary conference on Iqbal, organised by the Human Welfare Association, Frankfurt at Iqbal Memorial Park on the Bank of River Neckar in Heidelberg, Javed said that there is a need to understand the message of the philosopher in its true spirit for forging unity among various factions of the Muslim societies and reactivate the institute of Ijtehad to deal with the challenges of modern day societies.

The Banul-Aqwami Urdu Conference Canada vice president Dr Sayed Taqi Abedi said that there existed a deep relationship between Iqbal’s poetry and Heidelberg.

Pakistan to set up museum about Allama Iqbal in Germany - The Express Tribune

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

a great personality....great initiative to set this up

 

[Screambowl]

yahan sirf BMW or mercedes museums hi dekhne jatey hai log

 

[Jaanbaz]

That's the least Pakistan can do for the great man. One of the the greatest thinkers of the East.

 

[SipahSalar]

How about a museum in Pakistan instead?

 

[MarkusS]

I dont think that will be a popular museum here. Nobody knows that person. Just hope no german tax money is used for this. But if Pakistan want it that way so be it. Its always good to have some cultural input

 

[Armstrong]

Good development; I've read some wonderful works on Iqbal written here in Pakistan published by the Iqbal Academy. He was, without a doubt, a class act and one of those poet-philosophers who are born once every few hundred years. I wish that Iqbaliat were taught as a compulsory subject to every Pakistani because Iqbal had his pulse on Islam, Modernity, Tradition and Personal Development - All of them at once.

I dont think that will be a popular museum here. Nobody knows that person. Just hope no german tax money is used for this. But if Pakistan want it that way so be it. Its always good to have some cultural input

You should visit it and in the mean time read some about Iqbal; who knows you may like what he had to say.

 

[MarkusS]

Good development; I've read some wonderful works on Iqbal written here in Pakistan published by the Iqbal Academy. He was, without a doubt, a class act and one of those poet-philosophers who are born once every few hundred years. I wish that Iqbaliat were taught as a compulsory subject to every Pakistani because Iqbal had his pulse on Islam, Modernity, Tradition and Personal Development - All of them at once.



You should visit it and in the mean time read some about Iqbal; who knows you may like what he had to say.

Actually its a good thing. I think 99.9% of germans and europeans in general don´t know him. Pakistan has a pretty negative image in germany / EU and most associate it with Taliban and Osama bin Laden. Showing the positive sides may be a good thing.

 

[rockstar08]

A very Visionary Philosopher .. Good Initiative by Pakistan m hopefully it will change the mindset of German and EU people about Pakistan and Pakistani

 

[RAMPAGE]

A lot of people accuse him of cooking up Rumi's word.

If not cook...might have been really impressed!

Tera dimagh kharab hai.

 

[HttpError]

Actually its a good thing. I think 99.9% of germans and europeans in general don´t know him. Pakistan has a pretty negative image in germany / EU and most associate it with Taliban and Osama bin Laden. Showing the positive sides may be a good thing.

Can we hire you to do some Positive PR for Pakistan in Germany/EU? You can be a good brand ambassador.

 

[MarkusS]

Can we hire you to do some Positive PR for Pakistan in Germany/EU? You can be a good brand ambassador.

WAT?

 

[Jaanbaz]

Can we hire you to do some Positive PR for Pakistan in Germany/EU? You can be a good brand ambassador.

He hates everything outside of EU.

 

[MarkusS]

He hates everything outside of EU.

I hate nothing.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

That's the least Pakistan can do for the great man. One of the the greatest thinkers of the East.

I can't get this out of my mind: