Tunisia (INA) – Tunisian Minister of Culture Mohamed Zine El Abidine and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte inaugurated, on Monday, an exhibition of Islamic manuscripts owned by Leiden University in the Netherlands. Haddad in the capital, Tunis. According to Anatolia, the exhibition, which runs until the end of December and is organized by the Dutch Embassy in Tunisia, includes manuscripts and decorations that embody the development of Islamic art, from the second half of the eighth century AD until the twentieth century. Tunisian Minister of Culture Mohamed Zine El Abidine said during the opening of the exhibition: The manuscripts highlight the value of Islamic civilization and its cultural heritage. He added: These historical studies of the University of Leiden are of great importance for introducing the West to the true Islamic religion, and its tolerant values that have been distorted by some extremist and extremist groups, he said. And the Tunisian minister continued: I hope that Tunisia will present to you a good picture of moderate Islam and its tolerant values. For his part, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said: The organization of the exhibition comes more than 400 years after the start of Arab and Islamic studies in the Netherlands. Pointing out that the Department of Arabic Language at Leiden University is one of the oldest departments in Europe. The Dutch University of Leiden maintains about 4 Arabic manuscripts, in addition to 1944 Turkish, Persian and Ottoman manuscripts. Yesterday, Monday, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte began a two-day official visit to Tunisia, as part of the Benelux delegation, which also included Belgium's Prime Minister Charles Michel and Luxembourg's Prime Minister Kasavi Betal. It is noteworthy that the Benelux countries are an economic union established in XNUMX, between three kingdoms in Western Europe, namely Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, and the name is derived from the initials of those countries. (End) h p
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