Source:
Radio Zamaneh
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Mohammadreza Hakimi |
Iranian scholar Mohammadreza Hakimi declined the
achievement award offered to him by the third
Farabi International Award in
Iran, in protest to the "poverty and the visible and invisible deprivation" in
Iranian society. Mr. Hakimi told Award organizers that he believes holding such
ceremonies when "poverty and deprivation" are rampant in Iran are of the least
priority.
Mohammadreza Hakimi is amongst 50 scholars and researchers in the human sciences
and Islamic studies who are being commended and awarded by the Farabi Award.
In his letter of refusal, Mr. Hakimi states: "In this Award ceremony, scholars
and experts are being honoured for fifty years of service to the human sciences.
The question is, are sciences only there to be recorded in books and exist only
in the mind or rather to serve humanity and guard human rights in the real
world?"
He also emphasizes that "we must try to make sure that in our society the two
concepts of 'human' and 'humanity' do not get lost: the first, in the streets
and the other, in books."
Mohammadreza Hakimi is a prominent scholar in Mashad who has written numerous
books on religious thought and theosophy.
Farabi International Award
The International Farabi Award was established three years ago by Iran's
Ministry of Science, Research and Technology to honour scholars and researchers
in the field of humanities as well as Iranian and Islamic culture and
civilizations both in Iran and all over the world.
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