IOS organises two-day international conference on Personality, Thought and Times of Malek Bennabi

IOS organises two-day international conference on Personality, Thought and Times of Malek Bennabi

New Delhi: A two-day international conference on “Personality, Thought and Times of Malek Bennabi”, was organised by the Institute of Objective Studies on March 18-19, 2023 in hybrid mode. 

Inaugural Session

This conference began with the recitation of a verse from the Holy Qur’an by Maulana Ajmal Farooq Nadwi, in-charge, Urdu section of the Institute.

Secretary General, IOS, Prof. Z.M. Khan, welcomed the participants and highlighted the activities of the Institute. He said that the organisation had successfully completed 37 years of its existence with the steady progress and widening the scope of its endeavours as a non-political and non-profitable body. It had been recognised in all relevant quarters in India and abroad for promoting research, conducting surveys on topical themes. The institute was also engaged in publishing books and journals in the areas of national concern and pressing challenges of civil societies, awarding scholarships to meritorious university scholars. Besides, it was actively participating in social welfare, educational and management fields. He held that the focal areas might also be identified for developing development models suited to Indian masses, particularly the poor, marginalised and deprived sections. It had also responded actively to national issues, particularly relating to problems and placement of minorities in general and Muslims in particular. He said that it had tried its best to uphold the ideals of secularism, democracy, rule of law and the Indian Constitution.

Presenting the profile of Malek Bennabi, vice-chaiman IOS, Prof. M. Afzal Wani, said that born on January 1, 1905, he passed away on October 31, 1973. He was one of the Muslim scholars who wrote much on Muslim principles and policies providing ground for their relevance to the present day world globally in many languages. He, along with other such scholars world over, had tried to explain the reasons for the slump with an urge to bring back the glory to humanity which Muslims had carried forward to push aside newly emerging inequalities, prejudices and conflicts leading to bloodshed in contemporary world, whose thought deserved an objective exposition and understanding for creating clarity in thought and accuracy in action. He observed that Bennabi’s span of life was spread over to the most crucial phase of Muslim depression, two world wars and the cold war. He wrote extensively on the theme of Muslim recession and measures to regain their lost potential to create a better world.

Prof. Wani insisted that Malek Bennabi tried to put forward the idea that the reason for Muslim backwardness was the non-existence of new ideas in that society. He projected it by coining the phrase ‘civilisational bankruptcy’. Bennabi argued that to recuperate their past splendour, Muslims had to create an environment of empowerment of individual for satisfying their spiritual and material wants with a feeling of reward for their industry and creativity. He argued that Malek Bennabi had interest in Indian culture which began in his adolescence by reading an essay on Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941). As Algeria was colonised by France, India was colonised by Great Britain. The impression made on him by reading this article was so strong that he kept it in his vivid memory and observed: “Tagore liberated me from the slavery that strongly affected the minds of Arab intellectuals towards the genius and culture of Europe…” “Genius is not only born on the banks of the Seine or the River Thames. It can also be born on the banks of the ganges”. Malek Bennabi’s efforts in building modern Islamic thought and in studying civilisational problems in general were distinct, whether in terms of the topics he dealt with or in terms of the approaches he adopted; he pointed out.

Former Algerian minister and politician, Noureddin Boukrouh’s speech on the contribution of Malek Bennabi, was read out by the Algerian doctor and his disciple, Aida Sai. She said that some of Bennabi’s works were translated by Boukrouh. In his impression, he said that Malek Bennabi was an Algerian thinker who lived from 1905 to 1973. His education was in engineering. He received a dual education (Arabic, Islamic and French) which he supplemented with human and international culture through his experiences in Eastern and Western cultures, his readings and his intellectual path. His work consisted of about 20 books published in Arabic and French between 1947 and 1973, and about 150 intellectual articles.

Boukrouh noted that Malek Bennabi’s writings centered mainly around the renaissance of the Islamic world which he presented not as an additional force on the global chessboard, but as a spiritual and moral force that could contribute alongside other cultures, such as that of India, to the project of building “human civilisation”. Bennabi’s interest in Indian culture began in his adolescence by reading an essay on Tagore (1861-1941). It was 1922 (he was 17 years old) and the French magazine that published this article was called “Conferencia”. The impression made on him by reading this article was so strong that he kept it in his vivid memory because he wrote about this discovery in his autobiography “Memoirs of a witness to the Century: The Child”. Published in Algeria in 1965, where he expressed his happiness: “Tagore liberated me from the slavery that strongly affected the minds of Arab intellectual stalwarts, the genius and culture of Europe…Genius is not only born on the banks of the Seine or River Thames, It could also be born on the banks of Ganges”.

Boukrouh said that in the thirties, Bennabi was in Paris where he pursued his higher education. In this context, he became interested in the echoes of the non-violent struggle led by Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) in South Africa to liberate Hindu society from racism of Afrikaners. In 1934, it was learnt that Mahatma Gandhi was coming to France to give a lecture. The event was being organised by the North African Muslim Students Association to which Bennabi was affiliated. Bennabi’s relationship with India could not be reduced to a growing admiration for the great spiritual figures of this national civilisation such as Tagore, Vivekananda (1863-1902) and Ramakrishna (1836-1986), or for its moral and political mentors such as Gandhi and then Nehru (1889-1964). Thus, Hinduism, which Gandhi re-adapted to the preoccupations of modern India, entered the thought of Bennabi, who made it one of the pillars of his book “A pro-Asiatism”, which he published in Cairo in 1956 with a preamble edited by Anwar Sadat (1918-1981). In doing so, he was following in the footsteps of the great Arab researcher and explorer Ibn Ahmed al-Biruni who lived in India about a thousand years before him (973-1050), he held.

Describing Bennabi, as “the thinker of human civilisation” Noureddin Boukrouh observed that he positioned himself in a global vision. Even when he dealt with the Algerian Renaissance in 1949 in his book, “Conditions of the Renaissance” (published in 1949), he concluded it with this question, can our era generate a civilisation that is the civilisation of humanity and not the civilisation of a people or a bloc?” As if Bennabi hardly cared about the present, his greatest concern was about the future, he saw little good in the state of things around him, he was excited only by history and by immense power that drove him to look forward to his conclusions, he remarked.

Inaugurating the conference, Dr. Hisham Al-Talib, President, IIIT, USA, said that he was a blessed person because he had the opportunity to listen to Malek Bennabi at a function organised by the Muslim Students Association of the United States of America. Bennabi was a scholar as well as an activist. He always stood for ideals and had no other objective than to cherish them. Stressing that the intellectual reforms were necessary for social and political reforms, he said the IIIT did every effort to work for the reform of Ummah. He noted that poverty could be solved by governmental reforms. The reason for the stagnation of society lay in unproductive activities. Muslim travellers and traders also contributed to religious reform and change. Bennabi stood for civilisation and prevalent culture. He said that backwardness affected all aspects of life and a civilised farmer do more in a backward country. The question of culture by Bennabi assumed importance because of a variety of reasons. One of them was the phenomenon of Algerian revolution. Referring to IIIT’s relationship with Bennabi, he said that he was invited to several seminars organised by the former. His speech in Cairo University in 1971 on civilisation and culture was much acclaimed by the scholars who attended it. His concept of de-colonisation had much to do with the colonisation of Algeria by France.  Dr. Hisham Al-Talib observed that he always stressed the need for intellectual honesty. His life was emotional and intellectual. Bennabi used to say that it was Qur’an that preserved Algeria, he added.

Delivering the key-note address, Prof. Dr. Abdelaziz Berghout, Dean, International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation, IIU, Malaysia, held that Bennabi was not a simple academician, but a thinker. He invented the system of thought. He not only understood the system, but also understood it systematically. He understood the form of civilisation through Ibn Khaldun and that too in a unique way. He invented a formula of civilisation to solve problems. For him, civilisation was to study the problem through the civilisational process. He brought forward the mission of Ibn Khaldun in the realm of culture. He used all tools of Islamic civilisation. Through his civilisational process, the civilisation would reach the other continent. He also studied pscho-social decline and rise of civilisation. Bennabi believed that ideas were translated in social relationship. According to him, civilisation could be understood in global perspective and Islamic civilisation was capable of solving world problems. He underlined the importance of India in the realm of universal civilisation. World peace was possible with the universal civilisation. He emphasised that all the civilisations should come together to solve world’s problems. He also called for revival of Islamic civilisation by way of creativity and innovation. He also used creative terminology as a tool. He used many terms and terminology which were set in the realm of ideas, Prof. Berghout said.

Prof. Yusuf Ziya Kavakci, Founder Dean, Faculty of Theology, Ataturk University, & Founding IANT Quranic Academy, Richardson (Texas), USA, discussed Bennabi’s historical and intellectual relevance. His importance could be measured by the fact that several of his books were translated into Turkish. He practically worked on rebirth of civilisation, Islamic dialogue and Islamic Renaissance. He influenced several scholars of Turkey. He was very influential among Turkish youths, particularly non-religious ones. Prof. Kavakci said that he was not a man of movement but a man of ideas. He was a thinker. He used and developed the ideas, and then presented them. He was also a man who brought the Ummah to higher levels. He was like a nightingale roaming for the Ummah. Bennabi was very concerned over declining Muslim civilisation. Turkey benefited much from his works, Kavakci remarked.

In his presidential remarks, Prof. Omar Hasan Kasule, Secretary General, IIIT, USA, prayed for complete recovery of the IOS Chairman, Dr. M. Manzoor Alam from his illness. He also prayed for the victims of Turkish earthquake, which struck the country recently. He said that Malek Bennabi was an African who gave new ideas about civilisation. He was the second Ibn Khaldun in this century. He lived in the times of turbulence in Algeria. He suffered a lot of discrimination during the French suzerainty over his country. Many Algerians were beaten and killed during the period. Due to colonialism, he focused his attention on civilisation and culture. As a doctor, he analysed the cause of Islamophobia and colonialism. He thoroughly studied Ummah’s problems and came to the conclusion that only integrated knowledge could solve its problems. Naqli knowledge was superficial and could not meet the challenges faced by the Ummah. He went through Islamic knowledge of Qur’an and Sunnah. He was a man who connected Naqli knowledge with Asli knowledge, Kasule held.

Prof. Kasule observed that Shariah came in Madina and developed there. He called for discussing and analysing ideas that made a change. Bennabi’s ideas should be applied to solve today’s problems. He expressed the hope that the conference would arrive at practical solution to today’s problems.

The occasion was marked by release of the book, “Life and Work of Prof. Ismail Raji Al-Faruqi” by Dr. Hisham Al-Talib. The book, edited by Prof. Hamid Naseem Rafiabadi, has been published by the IOS.

The inaugural session ended with a vote of thanks proposed by the Assistant Secretary General, IOS, Prof. Haseena Hashia.

Technical Session-I

The first technical session was devoted to “Background, education, personality and understanding of Malek Bennabi”. Prof. M. Afzal Wani was in the chair.

Huda Abdul Kareem, research scholar, Al-Jamia Al-Islamiya, Kerala, was the first speaker who focused on the educational and the personality of Malek Bennabi. He said that Bennabi studied at a traditional institution for religious education. He received modern education in a French-run institution and reverted to Islam later after understanding Western civilisation. The second speaker was Dr. Hendri Tanjung, Vice-Director, Postgraduate School, Ibn Khaldun University, Bogor, Indonesia. He held that he came to know of him while in Islamabad. Born in Algeria, he wrote several books. He studied in Muslim educational institutions and wrote on Islamic civilisation. He avoided bankruptcy of ideas by propounding his own ideas. Those days Cairo was the nerve-centre of the African centre of Islamic thinking. He had opined that the dynamics of society came when one gave new ideas. He was followed by Toufeeque Umar, research scholar, Darul Huda Hangal Campus, Kerala, He noted that Malek Bennabi opened his eyes to Islamic values. After learning Arabic, he was attracted to Saudi Arabia. He was interested in electricity and other trades in science, engineering energy; etc. He wrote more than 35 books on Islam. Fourth speaker of the session was Prof. Ammar Gasmi, from Faculty of Fundamentals of Religion, Department of Doctrine and Comparative Religions, Prince Abdelkader University of Constantine, Algeria. He devoted his paper to the ‘Living Quranic Batch’ and the Resumption of the Civilised Role of Malek Bennabi’. He pointed out that Bennabi was different from other scholars as he went to the bottom of the problem. He was a natural person who created ideas to action. Last speaker of the session was Prof. Ould Seddik Miloud, Department of Political Sciences, University of Saida, Algeria. He spoke on ‘The Impact of the Social Environment on Building the Personality and Ideas of Malek Bennabi’. 

Technical Session-II

Chaired by Prof. Haseena Hashia and co-chaired by Prof. Fauzan Ahmad, Department of Arabic, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, the session focused on “Global social, political and economic situation in times of Malek Bennabi and main challenges faced by Muslims in the 19th and 20th Century.”

Obaidur Rahman Naufal, research assistant, Center for Study and Research, New Delhi, was the first speaker of the session who spoke on ‘A Comparative Study of Malek Bennabi and Fanon's Thoughts on Colonialism’. He was followed by Ruqayya Aslam, research scholar, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, who discussed ‘Malek Bennabi: Post-Almohad Man and the Challenges for Future’, The third speaker was Ibrahim Abdelali, Ph. D. scholar, Department of History, University of Algiers, Algeria, who spoke on ‘Colonialism in Our Souls (Malek Bennabi)’. He was followed by Aleena Nasar, student, Al-Jamia Al-Islamiya, Santhapuram, Kerala, who focused on ‘Effct of Christianisation in Colonial Algeria: Reasons and Solutions Proposed by Malek Bennabi and Lessons for Indian Muslim Society’. Last speakers of the session were Tahar Saoud & Dr. Hosni Ibrahim, Abdel-Azim, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman, Assistant Professors, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman, who devoted to the topic ‘The Cultural Environment and Its Impact on the Formulation of the Idea of Activity in the Malek Bennabi Renaissance Project’.

Technical Session-III

The third technical session was focused on “Causes for political, social and economic recession of Muslims in the 19th and 20th Century”. Prof. M. Ishtiyaque, Former Vice-Chancellor, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya, Bihar was in the chair.

Dr. Nirwan Syafrin, senior lecturer, Ibn Khaldun University, Bogor, Indonesia, was the first speaker who touched upon the topic. He was followed by Dr. Nadjet Boukezzoula, lecturer, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, M'Hamed, Bouguerra University of Boumerdes, Algeria. He spoke on ‘The Other and the Stakes of the Self in the Memoirs of a Witness on the Century by Malek Bennabi’. Prof. Lahlou Boukhari, Faculty of Economics, Mohamed El-Bachir El-Ibrahimi, University of Bordj Bou Arreridj, Algeria, was the third paper presenter who focused on  ‘Malek Bennabi’s viewpoint on international system as a source of economic decline in the Muslim world’. The session ended with the presentation of the paper on ‘Malek Bennabi and the revival of the Khaldunian thesis and mode of thinking’ by Dr. Badrane Benlahcene, Associate Professor, Qatar University, Qatar. 

Technical Session IV

The fourth session was devoted to ‘Emergence of thought and methodology for revival and renaissance of Muslim society as propounded by Malek Bennabi and other contemporary thinkers’. Prof. Habibullah Khan, Department of Arabic, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, chaired the session.

Prof. Syed Jamaluddin, Director, IOS Centre for Historical and Civilisational Studies, Aligarh, was the first speaker who touched upon the topic ‘Malek Bennabi on Culture and Civilisation’. He was followed by  Dr. Mohammad Teisir Bin Shah Goolfee, educator, Islamic Cultural College, Vallée Des Prêtres, Port Louis, Mauritius, who spoke on ‘Civilisation and Renaissance: A Study of Malek Bennabi’. He said that according to Bennabi, Renaissance meant self-change. Man himself was responsible for development and decline. Third speaker of the session was Prof. Bourouayah Mohamed, former Vice-Rector, Emir Abdelkader University of Constantine, Algeria. He spoke on ‘Malek Bennabi's Approach to the Civilisational Awakening of the Islamic World’. He observed that head, heart and mind constituted the power of civilisation. Mohammed Hassan Khan, research scholar, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, was the next speaker who focused on ‘Malek Bennabi and the idea of the Islamic Common Wealth’. He held that Islamic Common Wealth revolved around the idea of the unification of Muslim countries. There should be mutual respect and cooperation, and not conflict among countries. Concept of Islamic Common Wealth was based on social justice and dignity. While Dr. Rawiya Kouachi, Mohamed Lamine Debaghine Setif 2 University, Algeria, touched upon the topic ‘Malek Bennabi: Reasons of Muslims Recession and Measures for Progress’, Nuruddin Al Akbar, researcher, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia, spoke on ‘Malek Bennabi and Islamisation for Knowledge: The Critique of Cartesian Reason’. Dr. Mohammad Ajmal, Assistant Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, was the next speaker who dwelt on ‘Intellectual Quest of Malek Bennabi to Resolve the Issues of Global Muslim Society’. He was followed by Dr. Tanjeel Ahmed, PhD, independent scholar, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, who spoke on ‘Empowering the Societal Structure through the Islamic Ideas of Malek Bennabi’. Last speaker of session, Ounissa Ait Benali, Doctorate, MCA, University of Bejaia, Algeria, focused on ‘Beyond the Complex of the Colonised: Malek Bennabi’s Colonisability’.

Technical Session V

Chaired by Prof. Mohammad Sohrab, M.M.A. Jauhar Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, the fifth session was devoted to the ‘Criticality of methodology and measures for progress suggested by Malek Bennabi’.

The session started with the presentation of a paper on ‘Bennabi’s Reflection on Risk Society’ by Dr. Hafsa Elagag, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University Mohamed Ben Ahmed, Belgad, Algeria. The second speaker of the session was Mohamed Fadel Belmoumene, PhD. scholar, University of Malaya, Malaysia who spoke on ‘The Concept of the Religious Idea in Malek Bennabi’s Thought’. Amina Fellah, Political Science Department, University of Constantine, Algeria, was the third speaker who focused on ‘The Influence of the Socio-Cultural Context on Malek Bennabi’s Personality and Thought’. She was followed by Dr. Rahmatullah, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Islamic Studies, AMU, Aligarh, who spoke on ‘Malek Bennabi: An Islamic and Social Thinker of Modern Times’.

While Dr. Mohammad Azharul Islam, Associate Professor & Head, Department of Law, Manarat International University, Bangladesh, touched upon the topic ‘Revisiting the Vitality of Malek Bennabi’s Interdisciplinary Approach to Civilisation in Contemporary Era’, Syed Saifuddin, researcher, International Islamic University, Malaysia expressed his views on ‘Comparing Malek Bennabi’s and Ali Shariati’s Thoughts on Social Change’. Dr. Anas P. Aboobacker, Post-Doctoral scholar, Kerala Council for Historical Research, Kerala focused on ‘A Critical Analysis of Malek Bennabi’s Approaches to Reconstruction of Muslim Ummah in Contemporary World’. He was followed by Dr. Aaesha Siddiqua, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, who spoke on ‘Malek Bennabi’s Views on the Role of Religion as a Major factor in Civilisation’. Shaikh Afran, Darul Huda Hangal Off Campus, Kerala was the next speaker who spoke on ‘The Problem of Civilisation: Rethinking the Concept of Malek Bennabi. Saad Ferah, University of Batna2, Algeria and Mouchi Amel, University of Constantine1, Algeria in their joint paper touched upon the topic ‘Malek Bennabi: An Asian Thinker’. Md. Lalchand Sk, research scholar, Department of Islamic Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi was the last speaker who spoke on ‘The Necessity and Significance of Education with Special Reference to Malek Ibn Nabi’.

Technical Session VI

Chaired by Prof. M. Afzal Wani, the sixth session was devoted to the “Relevance of the thought of Malek Bennabi to present day circumstances”.

The session began with Jamaliah Jamil, industry & academic researcher, Universiti Teknologi, Malaysia speaking on ‘Revitalising Civilisation: The Timeless Relevance of Malek Bennabi’s Vision for Muslim Progress in 21st Century’. Hifni Nasif & Maulida Izzatul Amin, University of Darussalam Gontor, Indonesia threw light on ‘The Concept of Islamic Civilisation according to Malek Bennabi.’ The third speaker was Dr. Larbi Ismail, PhD. scholar, Abou Bakr Belkaid University, Tlemcen, Algeria who spoke on ‘Civilisation in the Thought of Malek Bennabi’.  Mr. Hashim Mogahed, postgraduate research scholar, Al-Jamia Al-Islamiya, Kerala was the last speaker who focused on ‘Revisiting Bennabi’s Thoughts on Muslim Women’.

Valedictory Session

Dr. Abdullah Al-Lheedan, Visiting Professor, KSA was the Guest of Honour. Prof. Haseena Hashia read out some portions of his speech. In his speech, Lheedan described Malek Bennabi as one of the pioneering intellectuals of Islam. He was the first scholar who defined the dimensions of the problem. He said that Bennabi had the conviction that unless Muslims changed their spiritual condition, they could not effect far-reaching meaningful change in society. Bennabi argued that to recuperate their past splendour, Muslims had to create an environment of empowerment of individual for satisfying their spiritual and material wants with a feeling of reward for their industry and creativity. Bennabi was said to have defined culture as the approach to life and fetching of society to being which included aesthetic, ethical, pragmatic and technical standards. According to him, various formulations of ideas were born only when these values were clearly defined.

Dr. Lheedan observed that Malek Bennabi had explored beneath the surface of the phenomena. They did not find out the origin, development and acquisition of the European products. Malek Bennabi was an intellectual, prominent social thinker and Muslim reformer in post-world war-II. His thought on civilisation, particularly Islamic civilisation, stood remarkable, he concluded.

Delivering the valedictory address, Prof. M. Ishaque, Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Languages & Former Head, Department of Islamic Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, said that Malek Bennabi visited France for higher studies. He had a deep thought for Islam and rejected the western thought. He had a Qur’anic phenomenon with inter-disciplinary approach to it. He argued that Muslims should create an atmosphere of empowerment for the development of society. He believed that fundamentalism suppressed the idea of modernity. He was an intellectual and social reformer. He believed that there were three elements of civilisation—man, soil and time. These could be found in every society. He added that reformists did not know how to reform Muslim society.

In his presidential remarks, Prof. M. Afzal Wani said that the IOS always tried to promote international understanding by focusing on national and international issues. The US, Africa, South Asia, South-East Asia and Asia had been covered by it. He said that Bennabi was recognised across the globe. He was a complete human being and scholar. He looked to the works of Indian scholars as to how they looked at colonialism. He had Qur’anic mind. Bennabi felt the sufferings of Indians during the colonial rule. He fully justified the choice of the subject by the IOS. He described Bennabi as a very distinct scholar. He was the best of authors and thinkers. He also described Bennabi as an exemplary personality.

On this occasion, a 7-point resolution moved by Prof. Haseena Hashia, was unanimously adopted by the delegates. The resolution read as:

1. While in 20th Century, the whole world faced the horrible situations of Two World Wars and the Cold War bringing miseries to the whole of humanity, there have been also found thinkers and benefactors of humanity like Malek Bennabi who have made efforts to project thought for survival of all groups of people to create a balanced world order.
    
2. While Malek Bennabi was an Algerian Thinker and Engineer, he studied the social, economic and political conditions of the people all over including India with due appreciation of Indian multiple culture and talent to be maintained for the good of the humanity.
    
3. While Malek Bennabi made modern methodical studies on the recession of Muslims in the world, he came out with scientifically appreciable solutions based on the need for analysis, creativity, new thoughts and objectivity, without any general discouraging impact from influences of material developments elsewhere.
    
4. While literature encompassing most of the aspects of civilisational changes had been developed in the world, especially in Europe, Malek Bennabi developed thought for progress of Muslims and their march ahead, based on the Qur’an, the life of the Prophet and the Muslim literature with due reason and rationality.
    
5. While facing challenges from theorists living in the scientific and technologically rich environment, Malek Bennabi successfully made a way for thinking with spiritual upbringing ingrained in the revealed knowledge, mainly the Qur’an.
    
6. While the philosophical contribution of Malek Bennabi has been studied by scholars with concern in various institutions and universities, identifying reasons for colonisation, oppression and inequality, the scholars are urged upon to pay more attention on his writings to identify the thought for a balanced approach in present globalising world for more equity, equality and justice for all human beings living in various jurisdictions.
    
7. While the scholars are working on Malek Bennabi’s contribution in their individual capacities, they are urged upon to appreciate courageous attitude of Malek Bennabi to face most difficult situation of his times, and to collaborate and cooperate with institutions and among themselves to develop appropriate methodologies to face the challenges of our times for maximum benefit from this acclaimed thinker.

The conference concluded with Prof. Haseena Hashia proposing a vote of thanks to the participants.