Centenary celebration of Shibli Academy concludes

The three-day centenary celebrations of Shibli Academy here concluded with scholars voicing a need to resolve misconceptions regarding Islam.
Scholars, who participated in the Academy's centenary celebrations which concluded here yesterday, emphasised to forge a better understanding of other religions and cultures too for strengthening religious harmony in the society.
"Allama Shibli had initiated literary campaign in order to counter the wrong propaganda against Islam and it is time again to take the same ahead for giving countering allegations with regard to Islam and its history," Academy's director Ishtiyaq Ahmed Zilli said in his speech at the concluding session.
Scholars also felt the need to translate the rare and precious books available with the Academy from Urdu to Hindi and English to cater the need of the new generation.

The participants stressed that better understanding of all the religions, their society and cultures was necessary for living in a better manner in the country and more work was needed to be done in this direction.
The scholars and experts from several countries like the US, Egypt, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey were of the view that the Academy needs to continue with the work it had been doing successfully since its inception.