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Bediuzzaman Panel in Burkina Faso

20/11/2018 The Pen

A panel with the theme “Bediuzzaman and Reviving the Faith through the Signs of Creation” has been held for the medical students of the University of Ouagadougou in the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou. In the panel it has been explained with examples and visuals that all the sciences describe us our Lord, Allah (swt), in their own language of states (lisan al-hal). Some examples have been presented that how the misguided ideologies abuse the science. The following subjects have also been covered in the panel: The terms of self-indicative…

Imam Bediuzzaman remembered in Burkina Faso

20/11/201820/11/2018 The Pen

Imam Bediuzzaman Said Nursi has been commemorated by his students in Burkina Faso at the 57th anniversary of his death with a program titled “The Personality of Imam Bediuzzaman and His Service to the Islamic Thought.” Held in the capital Ouagadougou the program started with the Qur’an recitation of Abdurrahim Ouedraogo. Hayrat Foundation representative Yasir Kaya made the first presentation titled “The Personality of Imam Bediuzzaman.” Imam Bediuzzaman’s life was chronologically given in this presentation. Then Hayrat Foundation Burkina Faso representative Said Ilboudo made the second presentation titled “Imam Bediuzzaman’s Service to…

Bediuzzaman Panel in Niger

03/04/201720/11/2018 The Pen

After Sudan and Burkina Faso, Imam Bediuzzaman was commemorated in the capital Niamey at the 57th anniversary of his death. Niger Community Development Centre organized a panel in collaboration with Haji Mahmud Ka’at University and Hayrat Foundation. Held in the University of Haji Mahmud Ka’at the panel started with the Qur’an recitation. First speaker Dr Hama Cibi introduced and described Imam Bediuzzaman Said Nursi. He told the audience many issues about Imam Nursi. He said that Imam Nursi is a Salahaddin Ayyubi of today who has conquered the hearts. He stated…

Risale-i Nur education continues in Afghanistan

30/01/201720/11/2018 The Pen

Having begun its educational activities in June 2015 in the capital Kabul, Afghanistan representative of Hayrat Foundation has organized many programs since then. In this short period of time, twenty five universtiy students have stayed in the Risale-i Nur educational centre and have benefited from the academic programs of the centre. The students have studied different subjects from the Risale-i Nur every day. They have also read many epistles in daily reading sessions. About one hundred students from different universities have attended the weekly Risale-i Nur lessons which have started…

Imam Said Nursi’s educational system and Hayrat Foundation model

06/06/201620/11/2018 The Pen

Hayrat Foundation and the Religious Affairs Presidency of the Peraq State of Malaysia held a symposium themed “Imam Bediuzzaman Said Nursi’s Educational System and Hayrat Foundation Model.” Organized as part of the traditional “Risale-i Nur and Bediuzzaman Said Nursi Week” in Perak State, the President of the State Dr Zambry Bin Abdul Kadir, minister of Religious Affairs of Perak, president of High Council of Religious Affairs, and many NGO representatives, academicians, managers and students attended the symposium. The Symposium started with the opening speech of the president of Religious Affairs…

Imam Said Nursi commemorated

22/04/201614/10/2016 The Pen

Imam Bediuzzaman Said Nursi was commemorated with prayers on the 56th anniversary of his death, in the event held by Hayrat Foundation and supported by the Municipality of Küçükçekmece, on March 27th 2016, in Yahya Kemal Beyatlı Performance Hall in Istanbul. The program started with the Qur’an recitation of Abdulwadud Marega from Senegal. It continued with the introduction film of Hayrat Foundation. In his opening speech, the mayor of Küçükçekmece Mr Temel Karadeniz emphasized the meaning and importance of the day, and said, “I am here today to show my…

Risale-i Nur program with students from Europe

22/04/201614/10/2016 The Pen

Hayrat International Student Association invited a group of students from Europe for a two-week educational program. It lasted from March 1st to March 16th 2016. The first part of the program was in Isparta. There were readings and discussions on various topics under the titles such as “Being young in the End Times,” “The methods of improving ourselves with Risale-i Nur,” “What does the Islamic world expect from us?” “The printing house of the Qur’an in tawafuq” being in the first place, the important places in the history of Risale-i…

Bediuzzaman Conference in Erbil, Iraq

22/04/201614/10/2016 The Pen

Conference themed “Imam Nursi and his method for the revival of iman” was held on March 26th 2016 in Erbil, Iraq, by Iraqi Scholars Council and Hayrat Foundation. Scholars, academicians, and other participants from different regions of Iraq attended the conference and discussed the movement of iman that Imam Bediuzzaman started in this age. The establishments like Iraq Fatwa Council and the Union of Northern Iraq Scholars also participated in the program. Dr Huseyin Gazi from Iraq Fatwa Council, Sh Mahmoud Abdulaziz, the head of Iraqi Scholars Council, and Zakir…

Risale-i Nur and Bediuzzaman Week

17/08/201514/10/2016 The Pen

August 10th to 16th was Risale-i Nur and Bediuzzaman Week in Malaysia’s Perak province as announced by Outreach Department of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Foundations. Hayrat Foundation was invited to take part in carrying out the program. One week program included speeches in seven central mosques, courses for students at five schools, some official visits and one symposium.