Rasul Amin
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Professor Rasul Amin was a renowned Afghan politician, social figure, writer and former education minister.
of eastern Kunar Province
through which Alexandar The Great, Hindus, and all of other conquers passed through this beautiful valley of Afghanistan
. Rasul Amin was son of a prominent khan of the Amin tribe. His mother, Hera Amin cultral background was Greece (Nooristan). He was a great nephew of Ghazi Mir Zaman Khan. He was raised as a orphan, because his mother passed away when he was 5 years old. His personality was self made, and that made him positive throughout his life. His father, Amin Khan participated in the uprising with the leading attorney general, Ghazi Mir Zaman Khan in 1947. Due to the bad government he was forced to depart with Ghazi Mir Zaman Khan to Herat and Mazar-e Sharif. Rasul completed his primary education in Kunar. In 1955, he went to Peshawar
, Pakistan
where he wanted to desire further more studies and gather his English
and Urdu
languages. Overall he knew how to speak 4 languages, including Pushto and Dari. After learning the two languages, he got an admission at Forward College, and graduated in 1960. In 1960, he was admitted to Islamia College
Peshawar, Pakistan. He was elected as a General-Secretary of the Khyber Union, (students’ union), in 1962, a unique, unprecedented honour for an Afghan student. In 1963, he was voted the best debater at college. He received a BA in 1964 and a Double Masters Degree in Sociology, English and Political Science in 1966.
. He also was a lecturer in Denmark University. Illustrious career in teaching at Kabul University where he rose to the post of chairman of department of philosophy and social sciences in May 1976. He taught Sociology until 1979 before he was imprisoned by the communist regime. Soon after he was released from the prison, the Soviets occupied Afghanistan and his academic career was interrupted in 1979 when he had to take refuge in Pakistan. Many of his close relatives were Khalqi leftists and he also is said to have had leftist sympathies but all this changed when he was placed under arrest by the Hafeezullah Amin regime in May 1979 for a short time. He crossed into Pakistan via a remote mountain pass on foot on 4 January 1980 along with his family members he had to migrate to Peshawar, Pakistan.
of Pir Sayed Ahmad Gillani in Peshawar. 1990s, he worked with the Rome Group that was established by the former King, Muhammad Zaher Shah. He initially worked with the renowned Afghan intellectual Professor Seyyed Bahauddin Majrooh at the Afghanistan Information Centre (AIC). The AIC became a respected mouthpiece of liberal Afghan intellectuals linked to the resistance but drew the wrath of the fundamentalist factions. Prof. Majrooh was assassinated in Peshawar in 1988 after the AIC had published the results of a poll among Afghan refugees that showed that the former King was the most popular Afghan politician, way ahead of the mujahedin leaders. On 21st March 1985, Rasul established the Organization Writers Union of Free Afghanistan, which, as the AIC, was supported by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Germany), USIS, the Asia Foundation (USA), and the Royal Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Denmark). Like the AIC, it became a renowned institution that - amongst other activities - collected documents on the Afghan resistance, one of the few to do so. He was one of the great politicians and a wellknown scholar of Afghanistan. He dedicated his entire life for helping his afghanistan milat and had dream of seeing a united afghan people. Professor had written tens of books and magazines about literature, culture and sociology. He was the first author of English, Pashto and Dari language, in Asia, Africa around the world.
Professor Rasul Amin organized peace conference, seminars and workshops for Afghanistan. The most famous seminar was in Pearl Continental, Peshawar, Pakistan during 1991, who's chief guest and chair person was Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto. A lot of other scholars and prominent figures was invited on this Peace conference . Professor was very popular and famous in a group of friends. Louis Dupree and his wife, Nancy Hatch Dupree and Christina Eckerly was very close friends of him.
In 2001, Rasul Amin became the first Education Minister of Afghanistan. He stated that Afghan girls be given priority in their education and said, "there was a big task to rebuild his homeland (Afghanistan) education system after 24 years of unrest". That was his "to do" list in his early days as Afghanistan education minister. He was so committed to fulfill his duties. He was posted in 2002 and he resigned. He decided to devote himself fully to the intellectual regeneration of Afghanistan and to Afghan-Pak friendship. The 2004 article ‘Resolving the Afghan-Pakistan Border Question’ is only one in a long list of his writings.
Prof. Amin established the Afghanistan Study Centre (ASC) in Kabul as the successor of WUFA. The founder also became its director and the editor of the Journal of Afghanistan Studies quarterly. He served as the Minister of Education
in the interim Transitional Administration under President Hamid Karzai
. While being a Minister of Education, he looked after oprhan homes, schools etc. He really wanted that woman of Afghanistan should be educated. While he was in Afghanistan, he established the Afghanistan Study Centre (ASC).
Rasul Amin travelled all around the world. He travelled too many countries such as, America, Denmark, Switzerland, Iran, Poland, Egypt, India, Germany, France, Rome, United Kingdom, Africa, Japan, Tajikistan and Australia. While he was in Egypt, he met with Anwar Sadat. Out of all of the countries he travelled to, his particular favourite was Melbourne, Australia. He believed it was a good living place. He was in America, before his final destination to Australia.
He settled with all of his family members to Australia. He has 7 children, 3 sons and 4 daughters. The eldest is Shamim Amin Akbar, followed by Yasmin Amin Safi, Eimal Amin, the middle child, Tatara Amin Zamani, Pushtana Amin Habib, Atal Amin and the youngest, Kochie Amin. All of his children was his favourite and he treated everyone one of them equally, but his favourite was his daughter, Tatara Zamani. She had really good qualities and a lot of good genes from him. The youngest, Kochie Amin was his favourite as well.
Professor Abdul Rasul Amin died on October 31, 2009 at 6.15 am,Saturday morning in Melbourne
, Australia
due to Cancer. He wanted to be buried next to Sayed Jamaluddin Afghani's grave in Kabul University. But with no permission from the Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan because President Karzai who is the puppet of America is too scared of Northern Alliance, he was buried in Kerala where his parents are buried too. People like Professor Amin are born once in century, he dedicated all of his life for Afghanistan Freedom, He left behind a his courageous wife, Benazir Amin, 3 sons and 4 daughters. All of them are settled peacefully in Australia. He has now 25 beautiful grandchildren.
Early life & education
Professor Rasul Amin was born on May 10, 1939 in a cultral diversity area, Wata Pur DistrictWata Pur district
Watapur District is situated in the central part of Kunar Province, Afghanistan. It was split from Asadabad district. The district is mountainous with 60 big and small villages. The population is 24,300 . The villages are located in the valleys or in the high mountains, with difficult or no road...
of eastern Kunar Province
Kunar Province
Kunar is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country. Its capital is Asadabad. It is one of the four "N2KL" provinces...
through which Alexandar The Great, Hindus, and all of other conquers passed through this beautiful valley of Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
. Rasul Amin was son of a prominent khan of the Amin tribe. His mother, Hera Amin cultral background was Greece (Nooristan). He was a great nephew of Ghazi Mir Zaman Khan. He was raised as a orphan, because his mother passed away when he was 5 years old. His personality was self made, and that made him positive throughout his life. His father, Amin Khan participated in the uprising with the leading attorney general, Ghazi Mir Zaman Khan in 1947. Due to the bad government he was forced to depart with Ghazi Mir Zaman Khan to Herat and Mazar-e Sharif. Rasul completed his primary education in Kunar. In 1955, he went to Peshawar
Peshawar
Peshawar is the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the administrative center and central economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan....
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
where he wanted to desire further more studies and gather his English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
languages. Overall he knew how to speak 4 languages, including Pushto and Dari. After learning the two languages, he got an admission at Forward College, and graduated in 1960. In 1960, he was admitted to Islamia College
Islamia College
Islamia College may refer to:*Islamia College , Lahore, Pakistan*Amiruddaula Islamia Degree College, Lucknow, India*Islamia College , Peshawar, Pakistan*Islamia Science College , Karachi, Pakistan...
Peshawar, Pakistan. He was elected as a General-Secretary of the Khyber Union, (students’ union), in 1962, a unique, unprecedented honour for an Afghan student. In 1963, he was voted the best debater at college. He received a BA in 1964 and a Double Masters Degree in Sociology, English and Political Science in 1966.
Academic Life
After he completed his double MA degree in Peshawar, he returned to Afghanistan where he became a member of Pashto Tolana. He was a favourite professor at the Faculty of literature and Sociology of Kabul UniversityKabul University
Kabul University is located in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. It was founded in 1931 but officially opened for classes in 1932. Kabul University is currently attended by approximately 7,000 students, of which 1,700 are women. As of 2008, Hamidullah Amin is the chancellor of the university...
. He also was a lecturer in Denmark University. Illustrious career in teaching at Kabul University where he rose to the post of chairman of department of philosophy and social sciences in May 1976. He taught Sociology until 1979 before he was imprisoned by the communist regime. Soon after he was released from the prison, the Soviets occupied Afghanistan and his academic career was interrupted in 1979 when he had to take refuge in Pakistan. Many of his close relatives were Khalqi leftists and he also is said to have had leftist sympathies but all this changed when he was placed under arrest by the Hafeezullah Amin regime in May 1979 for a short time. He crossed into Pakistan via a remote mountain pass on foot on 4 January 1980 along with his family members he had to migrate to Peshawar, Pakistan.
Sovjet Resistance
From 1980 to 1985 he worked with the National Islamic FrontNational Islamic Front (Afghanistan)
The National Islamic Front of Afghanistan or NIFA is an Afghan party led by Sufi leader Pir Sayed Ahmed Gailani...
of Pir Sayed Ahmad Gillani in Peshawar. 1990s, he worked with the Rome Group that was established by the former King, Muhammad Zaher Shah. He initially worked with the renowned Afghan intellectual Professor Seyyed Bahauddin Majrooh at the Afghanistan Information Centre (AIC). The AIC became a respected mouthpiece of liberal Afghan intellectuals linked to the resistance but drew the wrath of the fundamentalist factions. Prof. Majrooh was assassinated in Peshawar in 1988 after the AIC had published the results of a poll among Afghan refugees that showed that the former King was the most popular Afghan politician, way ahead of the mujahedin leaders. On 21st March 1985, Rasul established the Organization Writers Union of Free Afghanistan, which, as the AIC, was supported by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Germany), USIS, the Asia Foundation (USA), and the Royal Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Denmark). Like the AIC, it became a renowned institution that - amongst other activities - collected documents on the Afghan resistance, one of the few to do so. He was one of the great politicians and a wellknown scholar of Afghanistan. He dedicated his entire life for helping his afghanistan milat and had dream of seeing a united afghan people. Professor had written tens of books and magazines about literature, culture and sociology. He was the first author of English, Pashto and Dari language, in Asia, Africa around the world.
Civil War
In 1990 Rasul Amin warned that 'If the United States cuts or reduces its aid to the Afghan cause, it will be replaced by the Arabs. Afghanistan would not be at peace for a long time.' Amin's prediction came true when in the 90s the US and the Sovjet left a power vacuum and a civil war broke out where the warring factions were all supported by one of Afghans neighbour countries. Rasul Amin, one of the most notable Afghan Scholars, at that time always kept an automatic rifle behind his chair and a pistol on his desk. In 1996 he said about that Afghan Civil War "This is not truly an Afghan fight. Only a few people who want power sell themselves to foreigners."Post-Taliban Afghanistan
Rasul also played an important role in Rome Conference held in 2001 under the supervision of former king Mohammad Zahir Shah. After the fall of the Taliban regime, Prof. Amin returned to Afghanistan. At the Bonn conference, he was appointed Minister of Education in the Interim Administration of Afghanistan, representing the Rome Group. When the new school year was opened in March 2002, he said: We have decided to project a new image of ourselves. We have to forget the past if we want to rebuild this country.’During his ministry he visited Japan and met with Emperor of Japan.Professor Rasul Amin organized peace conference, seminars and workshops for Afghanistan. The most famous seminar was in Pearl Continental, Peshawar, Pakistan during 1991, who's chief guest and chair person was Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto. A lot of other scholars and prominent figures was invited on this Peace conference . Professor was very popular and famous in a group of friends. Louis Dupree and his wife, Nancy Hatch Dupree and Christina Eckerly was very close friends of him.
In 2001, Rasul Amin became the first Education Minister of Afghanistan. He stated that Afghan girls be given priority in their education and said, "there was a big task to rebuild his homeland (Afghanistan) education system after 24 years of unrest". That was his "to do" list in his early days as Afghanistan education minister. He was so committed to fulfill his duties. He was posted in 2002 and he resigned. He decided to devote himself fully to the intellectual regeneration of Afghanistan and to Afghan-Pak friendship. The 2004 article ‘Resolving the Afghan-Pakistan Border Question’ is only one in a long list of his writings.
Prof. Amin established the Afghanistan Study Centre (ASC) in Kabul as the successor of WUFA. The founder also became its director and the editor of the Journal of Afghanistan Studies quarterly. He served as the Minister of Education
Minister of Education (Afghanistan)
The Afghan Ministry of Education is responsible for policy formulation, the organization and supervision of education in Afghanistan. Its headquarters is located in Kabul. The current Education Minister is Ghulam Farooq Wardak.-Ministers:...
in the interim Transitional Administration under President Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai, GCMG is the 12th and current President of Afghanistan, taking office on 7 December 2004. He became a dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001...
. While being a Minister of Education, he looked after oprhan homes, schools etc. He really wanted that woman of Afghanistan should be educated. While he was in Afghanistan, he established the Afghanistan Study Centre (ASC).
Rasul Amin travelled all around the world. He travelled too many countries such as, America, Denmark, Switzerland, Iran, Poland, Egypt, India, Germany, France, Rome, United Kingdom, Africa, Japan, Tajikistan and Australia. While he was in Egypt, he met with Anwar Sadat. Out of all of the countries he travelled to, his particular favourite was Melbourne, Australia. He believed it was a good living place. He was in America, before his final destination to Australia.
He settled with all of his family members to Australia. He has 7 children, 3 sons and 4 daughters. The eldest is Shamim Amin Akbar, followed by Yasmin Amin Safi, Eimal Amin, the middle child, Tatara Amin Zamani, Pushtana Amin Habib, Atal Amin and the youngest, Kochie Amin. All of his children was his favourite and he treated everyone one of them equally, but his favourite was his daughter, Tatara Zamani. She had really good qualities and a lot of good genes from him. The youngest, Kochie Amin was his favourite as well.
Professor Abdul Rasul Amin died on October 31, 2009 at 6.15 am,Saturday morning in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
due to Cancer. He wanted to be buried next to Sayed Jamaluddin Afghani's grave in Kabul University. But with no permission from the Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan because President Karzai who is the puppet of America is too scared of Northern Alliance, he was buried in Kerala where his parents are buried too. People like Professor Amin are born once in century, he dedicated all of his life for Afghanistan Freedom, He left behind a his courageous wife, Benazir Amin, 3 sons and 4 daughters. All of them are settled peacefully in Australia. He has now 25 beautiful grandchildren.