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Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance
Ahmad Masjed-Jamei on Sunday referred to Avicenna as an evident
symbol of the complicated links between the ancient oriental and
occidental cultures, including Iran and Greece as well as the world of
Islam, Christianity and monotheistic beliefs, IRNA reported from Hamedan, Iran.
photo: ISNA
Speaking at the International Avicenna Conference in Hamedan, he
added that a similar relation can be observed among non-dominant
Iranian culture and Islam during the lifetime of Avicenna.
He attributed Avicenna's great scientific and cultural
achievements to Iran's advanced schools and rich libraries, given that
it was one of the major hubs for scientific and cultural dialogues in
that era under the light of the dynamic culture of the Islamic world.
According to him, Sharaf al-Molk Sheikh al-Rais Avicenna was a
Muslim and gifted young man who was drawn towards Samanids royal
library.
"He became a minister at the age of 35 and spent less than 10
years in politics under the rule of the Shi'ite Al-e Bouyeh dynasty.
"Upon quitting politics, Avicenna embarked on research and
dedicated the last 20 years of his life to writing and research and
became known as the most prominent scholar in Iran and the world of
Islam," he added.
Turning to Hamedan as Avicenna's last venue for relentless
scientific, intellectual and spiritual activities, he said that
according to the history of science, he enjoyed a unique scientific
status and no one could compete with him in that era, neither in the
orient nor the occident.
Khatami inaugurates Hamedan's Avicenna Museum
President Mohammad Khatami, who is in Hamedan for
a day-long visit, inaugurated a museum dedicated to the great
Persian philosopher, mathematician and physician, Avicenna, on Sunday.
photo: ISNA
The museum is housed in a building dating back to the Qajar
Dynasty and occupies a one-hectare piece of land.
Work to reconstruct the building started in 1381.
The president, accompanied by Minister of Culture and Islamic
Guidance Ahmad Masjed Jamei, Director-General of the Cultural Heritage
and Tourism Organization Hossein Mar'ashi, the city`s governor-
general and the representative of the Valiyat-e Faqih (religious
jurisprudent) visited different parts of the museum.
Khatami also visited the library of the museum which contains
different books on Avicenna and several written by this great Muslim
philosopher.
photo: ISNA
Khatami and his entourage arrived in Hamedan early today to
attend the First International Conference on Avicenna at the
mausoleum of this great philosopher-physician in this western city.
The event coincides with the birth anniversary of Avicenna, whose
birth anniversary is marked annually as Physicians' Day in Iran.
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