(ASI) Mourning in the world of Italian culture. This morning has died in Milan, after a short illness, Vito Salierno. With him, the Italian culture loses one of its best. Language and Urdu literature was the most representative in the West.
In the specific field dell'islamistica, he devoted himself to the study of the Opera Omnia of Allama Muhammad Iqbal, the poet-prophet of the Pakistani nation and spokesman of modern Islam: the first two volumes, translated from Urdu into Italian, appeared in 2010 (The Call of the caravan) and 2011 (The Gabriel of Wing's). He has participated in International Iqbal Conferences the University of the Punjab Lahore (1964), Cordova (1991), Gent (1997), Lahore (2003), chairman of the "Iqbal Foundation Europe" since 2007, and in this capacity he organized conferences Iqbal in Milan in 2009 and 2010.
Many of his publications on this specific theme, including "Islam in the Mediterranean" (2012). In September last year, has released an interview with Press Agency Italy on interaction between Islam and the cultural and historical southern Italy. Our editorial addresses our deepest condolences to the family of Professor Salierno.

Condolence Message from the President of Pakistan on the passing away of Professor Vito Salierno, President of Iqbal Foundation, Europe

It is with profound sadness that I have learnt of the passing away of Professor. Vito Salierno, the President of Iqbal Foundation, Europe.
On behalf of the people of Pakistan, I would like to express the deepest condolences to his family and friends. We share their loss.
In Professor Salierno’s untimely passing away, we have lost a great scholar and one of the leading authorities on Dr. Muhammad Allama Iqbal, Pakistan’s national poet. It was in recognition of his remarkable services for promoting the understanding of Allama Iqbal’s message, that Sitara e Quid e Azam, was conferred upon Professor Vito Salierno.
Professor Salierno will always be dearly remembered in Pakistan. May he rest in eternal peace.
Our thoughts and prayers are for his family and friends.

  (Asif Ali Zardari)
President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

 Condolence Message from the Prime Minister of Pakistan on the passing away of Professor Vito Salierno, President of Iqbal Foundation, Europe

I would like to express deepest condolences on the passing away of Professor Vito Salierno, the President of Iqbal Foundation, Europe. He was a great scholar of Allama Muhammad Iqbal, eastern literature and a great humanist in his own right.
Professor Salierno’s translations of Allama Iqbal’s works into Italian helped introduce the thoughts of one of the greatest Muslim philosopher poets of 20th century to a wider audience.

The people of Pakistan will always be grateful to Professor Salierno for his outstanding services in this regard.
Professor Salierno also had a deep love for Pakistan, a country that he knew well. In his passing away, the people of Pakistan have lost a great friend.
We pray for his soul to rest in eternal peace and for his family and friends to bear their loss with strength and courage. We share in their loss and grief.

  (Raja Pervaiz Ashraf)
Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

  Condolence Message from the Foreign Minister of Pakistan on the passing away of Professor Vito Salierno, President of Iqbal Foundation, Europe

It was with great sadness and a sense of loss that I learnt the news of Professor Vito Salierno’s passing away. I would like to express my profoundest condolences to his family, friends and to all those who had the opportunity to be close to him and benefit from his vast learning.
Professor Salierno was the President of Iqbal Foundation, Europe, and a leading scholar of Allama Iqbal and other Pakistani writers. I had the privilege to meet him in person when, on behalf of the Government of Pakistan, I presented to him one of Pakistan’s most prestigious civil awards, Sitara e Quid e Azam. I was deeply impressed by his personality and learning.
We pray for his soul to rest in eternal peace. The people of Pakistan share the bereavement felt by his family and friends in this sad moment.

(Hina Rabbani Khar)
Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan