By Khabrein.info Correspondent,
New Delhi, May 22: The Vice President of India MohdHamid Ansari Thursday released the book “Sir Syed Ahmad Khan-Vision and Mission”. The book is an edited work of Shahbhuddin Iraqi, a prefessor in Aligar Muslim University's Centre for Advanced Study.
Hamid Ansari, an alumni of AMU, the university founded by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan has also served as Vice Chancellor of this central university in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.
While speaking on the occasion the Vice President said, “The vision of Syed Ahmad Khan was to restore vibrancy to the community of Indian Muslim; the mission was to do it through modern education. There is no dispute today about either; there is however a serious debate about the measure of his success. Sir Syed succeeded to a point; it has to be admitted that the movement faltered beyond it.”
While speaking on the wisdom of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Ansari said, “Giving evidence before the Education Commission in 1884, he dilated on the causes of Muslim’ aloofness from modern education and identified four factors: ‘their political traditions, social customs, religious beliefs, and poverty’. He concluded that all available means be used to introduce Muslims to modern education and rational thinking.”
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