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46204
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 12:49
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M'SIANS GET CHANCE TO TAKE UP PERSIAN
FROM NOR FARIDAH ABD RASHID
TEHRAN, Feb 18 (Bernama) -- Malaysians may get the chance to take up the Persian language, which is being promoted widely by Iran.
Iran's Islamic Culture and Relations Organisation (ICRO) president Dr Mehdi
Mostafavi said that some universities in Malaysia were keen to offer the Persian
language course.
"We have talked with some Malaysian universities regarding the matter and
they are very attracted to the idea," he said over the weekend.
Dr Mostafavi said this in a briefing for women journalists from various
countries who were invited to take part in a programme organised by ICRO in
conjunction with the republic's 30th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.
The countries are Algeria, Kuwait, Croatia, Kenya, Indonesia, Japan, South
Africa, Britain, Tajikistan and Malaysia.
Dr Mostafavi said there were some similarities between the Malay language
and Persian.
"I believe that many Malaysians would like to take up the Persian language
so that they would be able to know more about the Iranian culture. We will try
our best to accommodate them," said Mostafavi who is also advisor to Iran's
president.
He said that gaining more knowledge about the culture of a country would
help to further improve relations and friendship between the two countries.
"There are many wanting to learn the Persian language in order to develop
cultural relations and as such we are making plans to take the Persian language
to different countries," he added.
The rich Persian literature had emerged from thousand-year efforts by
Persian speaking Muslims, especially Iranians, in the fields of science and
arts, from epic and poetry to novel and history, from Quranic ethics to
philosophy and mysticism.
Apart from Iran, the Persian language, a medium for literary and scientific
contributions to the Islamic world as well as the western world, is widely
spoken in Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
The language is also spoken in Uzbekistan, Iraq, Azerbaijan and Pakistan.
The ICRO is an independent legal entity affiliated to the Ministry of
Culture And Islamic Guidance.
It was set up to centralise management and policy making and coordinate the
cultural and propagation activities outside Iran, which was formerly known as
Persia.
-- BERNAMA
TEHRAN, Feb 18 (Bernama) -- Malaysians may get the chance to take up the Persian language, which is being promoted widely by Iran.
Iran's Islamic Culture and Relations Organisation (ICRO) president Dr Mehdi
Mostafavi said that some universities in Malaysia were keen to offer the Persian
language course.
"We have talked with some Malaysian universities regarding the matter and
they are very attracted to the idea," he said over the weekend.
Dr Mostafavi said this in a briefing for women journalists from various
countries who were invited to take part in a programme organised by ICRO in
conjunction with the republic's 30th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.
The countries are Algeria, Kuwait, Croatia, Kenya, Indonesia, Japan, South
Africa, Britain, Tajikistan and Malaysia.
Dr Mostafavi said there were some similarities between the Malay language
and Persian.
"I believe that many Malaysians would like to take up the Persian language
so that they would be able to know more about the Iranian culture. We will try
our best to accommodate them," said Mostafavi who is also advisor to Iran's
president.
He said that gaining more knowledge about the culture of a country would
help to further improve relations and friendship between the two countries.
"There are many wanting to learn the Persian language in order to develop
cultural relations and as such we are making plans to take the Persian language
to different countries," he added.
The rich Persian literature had emerged from thousand-year efforts by
Persian speaking Muslims, especially Iranians, in the fields of science and
arts, from epic and poetry to novel and history, from Quranic ethics to
philosophy and mysticism.
Apart from Iran, the Persian language, a medium for literary and scientific
contributions to the Islamic world as well as the western world, is widely
spoken in Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
The language is also spoken in Uzbekistan, Iraq, Azerbaijan and Pakistan.
The ICRO is an independent legal entity affiliated to the Ministry of
Culture And Islamic Guidance.
It was set up to centralise management and policy making and coordinate the
cultural and propagation activities outside Iran, which was formerly known as
Persia.
-- BERNAMA
