President Harada Delivers Lecture at International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation

On August 23, Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada delivered the 34th ISTAC World Professorial Lecture (IWPL) at the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation of the International Islamic University Malaysia (ISTAC-IIUM) in Kuala Lumpur. In his lecture titled “Insights into Human Solidarity: Daisaku Ikeda’s Perspectives on the True Aspect of Life and Humanity,” President Harada explored how President Daisaku Ikeda dedicated himself to fostering global human solidarity based on the Buddhist perspective on the eternity of life and how Islam’s core values resonate with the philosophy of Nichiren Buddhism. 

Associate Professor Dr. Amilah Awang Abdul Rahman from IIUM gave a lecture on the “Islamic Perspective on Human Solidarity.” She described human solidarity as being much more than just standing together and said that it means feeling others’ pain and carrying their burden. IIUM rector, professor emeritus Datuk Dr. Osman Bakar, sent a message expressing his hopes for further collaboration between IIUM and the Soka Gakkai.  

The event was attended by some 250 people, including diplomats, scholars, university students and Soka Gakkai Malaysia members, and some 475 people joined online.