Sunday, April 14, 2013
Kabul (BNA) With reading out of a message of president Karzai, the ceremony marking declaration of the Ghazni city as the capital of world Islamic cultural center, the city of peace and friendship held in Ghazni city yesterday the BNA reports.
Attended by some cabinet ministers, presidential advisors, some members of parliament, governors of some provinces, senior foreign guests and officials of government department, social personalities, the ceremony preceded reading of the president’s message by Prof. Nematullah Shahrani senior presidential advisor.
The message noted that today not only is praiseworthy for the people of Ghazni, but for entire people of Afghanistan and the cultural circles.
It is a matter of praise that one of the most ancient sites of arts related the Islamic culture is declared as the Islamic world cultural center.
In the fourth and fifth centuries HQ Ghazni was a shining and flourishing city of this region.
The scientists, literary figures and poets from nearby and distant regions were attracted towards Ghazni and this indeed led to flourishing and enriching of science in the Islamic culture.
Today we pay homage and honor to the names of pioneers of science and culture, their works and thinking and for the assets of this city, undoubtedly, this cultural rich is considered the gains of our country and the Islamic world.
It is necessary that the residents of this area feel honor over the richness of science, cultural and education that they contributed to the world.
I appreciate the efforts of the Ministry of Information and Culture and the ISESCO over organizing the festival.
The governor of Ghazni addressing the armed Taliban said that what we are celebrating today, is our religious and Islamic culture and also asked the neighboring countries to assist Afghanistan in restoration of peace and this way achieve their Islamic mission towards Afghanistan.
Fazel Hadi Muslimyar Chairman of the senate emphasized on the role of expansion of culture and Islamic civilization, adding that this large gathering is an honor for the entire people of Afghanistan and the Islamic world.
Dr. Sayed Makhdoom Raheen Minister of Information and Culture said that for situating on the course of Silk Route and the highway linking the civilizations, from the past years, Afghanistan was site for cultures and different civilizations.
One of these civilizations relates to the Ghaznavid kingdom and Ghazni was its capital of this kingdom that achieved a great part in the building of world culture for this very reason and the great part that this city had in the expansion of regional culture especially in the sub-continent of India and transferring of culture and Hindustani arts to the Middle East and Central Asia, this city has been declared by the ISESCO as the center for world Islamic culture.
He added that declaring of the Ghazni as the center for world Islamic culture has prepared a good opportunity towards strengthening unity and solidarity and expansion of cultural relations among the Muslim Umma.
This can prepare a good ground for displaying the real picture of the cultural richness of this city to the Islamic world and convey the message of peace to the world.
He added that the Ghazni city changed into the main center science and culture of Islam during the Ghaznavid dynasty and the presence of Abdu Raihan Al-Beruni, Ferdausi, Unsuri, Sanayee and some other famed personalities paved the ground for expansion of science and culture to all territories ruled by the Ghaznavids and in the region as well to the Islamic countries.
Dr. Raheen at the end thanked international friends, the US, Poland, Italy, Germany, the ISESCO and others for their assistance and cooperation in organizing this festival.
Dr. Sayed Mohammand Husaini Minister of Culture of Iran representing the friendly countries addressed the gathering and said that praising the poets of Ghazni is reflector of the special position that this city had in enrichment of culture and Islamic civilization. He noted that immense personalities used to settle in this city for this was the site expansion of science and culture.
He noted that Iran and Afghanistan have common cultural bonds and the high caliber personalities of Ghazni are respected by people of both countries and there is distance among them. The stressed that in his meeting he had proposed to Dr. Raheen that a sister link between Ghazni and Nisahpur should be maintained.
The message of Dr. Abdul Aziz Ousman chairman of the ISESCO was read out by Dr. Abbas Sadri head of regional office of ISESCO in Teheran.
The message noted that today we are celebrating a civilization that made Afghanistan a part of the important zones of the world.
Dr. Raheen while a great number of foreign guests were present including Nabi Farahi and Sayed Musadeq Khalili deputy minister and head of departments of that ministry visited the exhibition of books and Ghazni museum. According to another report, the exhibition that has been organized by Ministry of Information and Culture was opened by Dr. Raheen at the National Archive.
According to the head of National Gallery around 100 pieces of calligraphy of Ghazni court is on display at the exhibition.
