Principle of unity comes with wisdom, awareness: French scholar

Tehran, Jan 3, IRNA -- French scholar Yahya (Christian) Bonnaud underlined that the principle of unity comes with wisdom and awareness. He made the remark in a seminar on unity held at Tehran’s Milad Tower on Friday. Professor Bonnaud said unity means submitting to the will of God and obeying Divine commandments in all affairs. He underlined that in monotheistic religions, wisdom and awareness are the criteria of unity, adding that the higher the awareness, the stronger unity will be, iqna.ir reported. Elsewhere in his remarks, Professor Bonnaud stressed that as long as wisdom, conscience and religion accompany human beings, they will always remain on the straight path. The seminar “Islamic Unity, Challenges and Opportunities in View of the Quran” was held by the Iranian Academics’ Quranic Activities Organization on the sidelines of the 5th International Holy Quran Competition for Muslim Students. The international contest began on Thursday, January 1, in a ceremony attended by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Representatives of 47 countries compete in the Quran memorization and recitation categories of the Quranic event until January 4./end