A day-long seminar on Guru Nanak’s “philosophy of harmony and its relevance to the present world” was held on Saturday at Dhaka University (DU). International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF) organised the event at RC Majumdar auditorium, said a press release.
President of International Sikh Centre for Interfaith Relations Bhai Nanak Singh Nishter, Former Dean of DU Social Sciences faculty Professor K A M Saaduddin, Dr Kazi Nurul Islam and Associate Professor Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Chairperson of the Department of World Religion and Culture Dr Fazrin Huda addressed the programme.
While addressing the programme, Professor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman said, Guru Nanak had played an effective role to establish religious harmony in society.
He stressed the need for taking lessons from Nanak’s philosophy to make a peaceful and secular society with liberal, humanitarian and non-communal values.
DU VC Professor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman and distinguished guests at the seminar on Saturday.
