tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833518530559679192.post612334385031155358..comments2023-09-29T08:07:48.323-07:00Comments on oneheartforpeace: To Live Means to Create...Iqbal's Injunction to Us TodayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833518530559679192.post-87451332918616561512011-12-08T21:49:11.165-08:002011-12-08T21:49:11.165-08:00I am so glad for this theme within Iqbal. How comf...I am so glad for this theme within Iqbal. How comforting to recognize the same vision for peace and understanding in Igbal's writings that I've seen among other great philosophers and poets of compassion and goodwill.<br /><br />Further, to see this vision coming out of the depth of personal faith has been reassuring in my own interfaith journey.<br /><br />My limited yet growing understanding of Islam, Iqbal and also of the world-famous poet Rumi, has been first and foremost via Khurram Ali Shafique. <br /><br />Visitors here may want to see more at Shafique Sahib's most interactive website:<br /><br />http://republicofrumi.blogspot.comCNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877484524704475807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833518530559679192.post-61215562187078089292011-12-08T17:28:02.529-08:002011-12-08T17:28:02.529-08:00Thank you very much for this wonderful introductio...Thank you very much for this wonderful introduction.<br /><br /><i>"Iqbal...did not want to wage war on other nations or religions."</i> This is true. <br /><br />This issue was discussed by him in detail in a letter to the Cambridge scholar R. A. Nicholson. Iqbal suggested that territorial conquest was not a part of the original plan of Islam and whatever historical circumstances prompted it in the past seem to have exhausted themselves now.Khurram Ali Shafiquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15329916182280619617noreply@blogger.com