The purpose of the Seminar will be to establish dialogues among intellectuals and students, to share the knowledge, to explore the obstacles and challenges of modern Society and to recognize the core problem of human beings with the help of tool of Nursi’s “Recognition Theory” which mainly focuses on individual purification. There will be also a small 15 minutes screening about Said Nursi and after each presentation will be round-table discussions.
14:30 –14.35 WELCOMING
14:35 – 14.50 CINEVISION
14:50 – 15.00 INTRODUCTION- PROF. ASLAM ISLAHI SIR
15:00 – 15.20 DR. ÖZGÜRKOCA, Claremont Lincoln University, USA
“Said Nursi on Belief and Human Nature”
15:20 –15.30 ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS
15:30 – 15.50 Zikrur Rahman, Director of India – Arab Cultural Centre, JMI, INDIA.
15:50 – 16.00 ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS
16.00 –16:15 High Tea
16.15 – 16:35 DR. FURKAN AYDINER, KING SAUD UNIVERSTY, SAUDI ARABIA
“Nursi’s New Civilization Project Beyond Modernity and Post-modernity”
16:35 – 16.45 ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS
16:45 – 16.50 VOTE OF THANKS SPEECH
17:00 GROUP PHOTO and CLOSING