By Santo D. Banerjee
UNITED NATIONS (IDN) – Educating younger generations on global citizenship through intercultural literacy is a serious civic educational and moral issue, said Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, High Representative of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) in his opening remarks at an event co-organized with the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) member institution Al Farabi Kzakh National University (KazNU) with the support of the Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan to the UN in New York.
Introducing Abu Nasr Mohammed Al-Farabi, after whom the UNAI member institution in Kazakhstan is named, Al-Nasser said Al-Farabi is known as a bridge builder between classical Occidental civilization and the Islamic civilization. His influence and teachings in the Arab world have closed many gaps and eliminated many misunderstandings between the two civilizations.