By J.S. Ifthekhar
What’s more, it is not curtains yet. Five hundred and going strong. Yes. Even after so many sessions the programme’s popularity has not waned. It was on October 8, 1997, that the first of “Mehfil-e-Iqbal Shinasi” was organised at the conference hall of Jama Masjid, Gunfoundry. Over the years the programme has gone from strength to strength with the circle of Iqbal aficionados increasing by the day.Interestingly, no other Urdu poet has bagged this honour. Even Pakistan can’t boast of such marathon poetic sittings. But why Iqbal? He is perhaps the best articulated Muslim response to modernity and represents the collective consciousness of the community.
http://newageislam.com/allama-iqbal%E2%80%99s-enduring-appeal-unparalleled/islamic-culture/d/768
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