Hyderabad, Oct. 8 -- These views were expressed by renowned public intellectual and eminent historian Prof. Ram Puniyani on Tuesday at Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU).

He was delivering the keynote address at the inaugural of the two-day international conference "Peace and Harmony: A Religious Perspective," organized by the Department of Islamic Studies, MANUU in collaboration with the Henry Martyn Institute, Hyderabad. Prof. Syed Ainul Hasan, Vice-Chancellor, MANUU, presided over the inaugural session.

Number of distinguished scholars, experts on religion and civilization, professors and researchers from various universities both from within the country and abroad attended the inaugural session.

Prof Ainul Hasan said tha...