Parliament of Worlds Religion 2004 Barcelona

Author(s): Parliament of the World’s Religions
Publisher: USA Parliament of the Worlds Religions

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Program Descriptions
Thursday, July 8, 2004 INTERRELIGIOUS SESSION 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
M. Rafea. With the support of her present Teacher, she is an advocate of spiritual awakening for all humankind.
"Believing" and "Belonging" in a Plural Society Ahmeduallah Siddiqi Sheikh Bashir Ahmad Dultz Saleha Abedin Iqbal Ahmad Ansari
Safa Ali Michael Newman is President of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Sufism. He has published a book on Uwaysi Sufism entitled The Gift of the Robe - Uwoysieh.
Room 129, English
Sharon G Mijares, Ph.D. is a member of Sufi Ruhaniat International and the International Association of Sufism. She coauthored The Root of All Evil: An Exposition of Prejudice, Fundamentalism and Gender Imbalance, which is due out in 2005.
The panel will explore Muslims' engagement in plural societies while highlighting the contemporary challenges and realities they face today. The panel will examine some new debates within Muslim societies, particularly the challenges posed by modernity and living as a minority group in European/Western societies.
Leili First is Co-Director of Program Development for the Institute for Sufi Studies and a member of both IAS and SWO. She participated at the 1999 Parliament of the World's Religions.
Ahmeduolloh Siddiqui is Professor of Journalism and Public Relations at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois. He has authored three books on Islam, contemporary perspectives and medio.
Dialoguing in the Midst of Violence: An Experience of Islam-Christian Dialogue in Mindanao Angel Calvo Calderon
Room 131 Lecture
Shaikh Boshir Ahmad Dultz is the President of the German-Muslim League, Bonn, and is the co-founder of the German MuslimLeague, Hamburg. He is also co-founder and Delegate to the Central Council of Muslims in Germany, Cologne and Muslim Team-Leader of the Jewish Christian Muslim Summer School in Ammerdown.
Lecture that will address the experience of Christian and Muslim groups (respectively "PAZ" and "SALAM") to respond to the violence present in the Philipines (Islamist groups) by promoting peace through interreligious dialogue.
Chief Editor of Journal of Muslim Minority Affiars, Saleha Abedin is ce-chair of the Global Peace Initiative of Women Religious & Spiritual Leaders. She is also on the International Advisory Board for the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions.
A veteran human rights activist, Dr. Iqbal Ansari is a Visiting Professor at Hamdard University in India. He is the author of Report on Communal Riots: Prevention & Control for the National Commission for Minorities.
Angel Calvo Calderon is a Priest living on an island in the area of Mindanao that has been the most affected by the conflicts. He has been working on projects for developing and integrating communities. He is the leader of the Peace Advocates Zamboanga, a Christian organisation that promotes peace in the region and has founded the regional Interreligious Society Movement for Peace with the Muslim organisation SALAM.
World Peace Begins from Within Aisha Rafea Safa Newman Sharon Mijares Leili First
Spiritual Life Circle: SPOT (Special Place of Transformation) Asayo Horibe Omie Baldwin Martha Howard Br. Wayne Teasdale Sr. Joyce Kemp Harold Kasimow
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Room 132, English/Spanish Panel Discussion
The individual human being who believes in World Peace will cultivate and nourish the development of peace from within. Cultivating peace is accomplished within the individual human heart by removing the roots of prejudice and prideful superiority, seen (blatant) and unseen (subtle) to create fertile ground for the flowering of the heart. This panel includes international leaders from multi-faith traditions to address the importance of understanding individual peace as a gateway to the world peace. This program is part of a series organized by the International Association of Sufism (www.ias.org).
This panel will provide a setting that is representative of all traditions, religions and life practices for the sharing of life experiences that have resulted in transformation. It will be a space that will have the elements of earth, wind, fire, and water. Participants who have submitted their stories will come to tell their stories and facilitators will provide a setting for attendees to listen and share. The space will be comfortable, tranquil and safe. All will be equal in this setting and it will be a circle on
A Muslim writer of several books and numerous articles, Aisha Rafea is the daughter of the prominent Egyptian Sufi Teacher Rafea
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