Collaboration in science and technology unites Islamic countries
Head of the Mustafa(Pbuh) Prize policy-making council made a speech during the Mustafa Prize ceremony.
MSTF Media reports:
Sorena Sattari, head of the Mustafa
Prize policy-making council expressed his happiness over holding the event during Muslim unity week, which is celebrated between two dates associated with the birth of Prophet Muhammad
in Iran.
Sattari appreciated the idea of the Muslim unity week saying that unity in the Islamic society is very important to cope with challenges.
He talked about the representatives of Islamic society during the golden age of Islam. He named Rumi, Omar Khayyam, Avicenna, Al-Farabi, Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, and Ibn al-Haytham as the luminary figures of that era.
He said that these figures were luminaries of science and culture in their era and they were beyond borders. As Prophet Muhammad
said, the scientists are heirs of prophets, he continued.
Hence, today Islamic society can provide innovation and development according to their commonalities in having Holy Quran, religion, and Prophet Muhammad
, he added.
He appreciated a friendly relationship set up between Muslim countries based on science and technology.
According to the experiences of Iran, transforming into an innovative society can overcome challenges with international collaboration in the field of science and technology, he added.
Sattari said that the Islamic countries have common cultural fields to have joint projects.
He said that the Mustafa
Prize aims to use science and technology as a factor to make opportunities for friendship and collaboration in Islamic society.
“I am very glad that this international prize provides a network of scientists of Islamic countries to solve the problems according to science and technology. May God bless the luminaries and scholars who do their best for holding such an event. I hope the Mustafa Prize brings opportunities for more friendship in the near future,” he concluded.
