Introduction

Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to the conference on religion
and dialogue among civilisations. Our guest speaker is Professor Sayeed Hossein
Nasr. He received his early education in Iran and completed his studies at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. His is one of the
best students of Ayatalloh Tabatai and is the author of over 300 articles and 30
books. He has taught at a number of universities in the Middle East, especially
Tehran University and in the USA. He has also lectured widely on Islamic
philosophy. Professor Nasr is currently a university professor of Islamic
studies at the George Washington University. I hope that the message of this
conference will be justice, freedom, equality, law and spirituality for all
citizens of global human society. Finally I ask Professor Nasr to present his
lecture.