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
Saturday, July 10, 2004 ENGAGEMENT SESSION 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
member of the board of the Association for the Defense of the Religious Freedom.
Daniel Rodriguez Ramos is Pastor of the Assembly of Brothers of Mataró and president of the Council of the Assemblies of Brothers of Catalonia; he is also the adjunt secretary of the Evangelical Council of Catalonia and the spokesperson of the Permanent Commission of the Federation of Religious Associations of Spain (FEREDE)
Why Muslims Rebel: The Struggle for SelfDetermination Abdul Malik Mujahid Dr. Ghulam-Nabi Fai Imam Khalid Griggs Tariq Ramadan
Auditorium (3155), Spanish/English/Catalan
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Dr. Rosita Worl Douglas George Kanentiio Dr. Jennie Joe Chief Jake Swamp Room 134, English
The largest number of refugees today in the world are Muslims. At the same time, the largest number of American military bases in the world are also in predominantly Muslim countries. While some blame Islam as a religion for the "turmoil," this panel will discuss the socio-political factors behind the resistance movements. These factors are not dissimilar from situations found in Latin America, where the same argument had been made about religion (in that case Catholicism) as inherently incapable of democracy.
Passed in 1990 by the US Congress, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act set in motion a policy instructing publicly supported museums/institutions to repatriate human remains and cultural items (including sacred items) to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians. The realization of this important policy has been met with resistance and ambivalence by many institutions. This panel will discuss examples of these repatriation efforts and the impact it has had on their respective communities and their sprirutal practices. This program is a part of a series of programs highlighting the beliefs and practices of Native American peoples for the 2004 Pariliament.
An award-winning author and producer, Abdul Malik Mujahid is o Trustee of CPWR. He is an Imam in the Chicago area, and has served as the President of several Muslim organizations and alliances. Dr. Ghulam-Nabi Fai, Executive Director of the Washington based Kashmiri American Council (KAC), is also chief spokesman of the Kashmiris outside India. The KAC promotes the unity of all Kashmiris, irrespective of their political and ethnic preferences.
Khalid Griggs is Imam of Community Mosque of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He is Vice-President of Dawa Net, and Director of Millennium Academy of Local School Systems. An educator and columnist, he is also a former editor of the Message Monthly.
Tariq Ramadan is a Swiss Muslim intellectual of Egyptian heritage. Born in Switzerland, he is one of the most important figures of the European Islam and teaches Islamic sciences at the Universities of Geneva and Fribourg. He serves as an expert in various committees linked to the European Parliament in Brussels,
Rosita Worl, Ph.D. is a Tlingit of the Shangukeidi (Thunderbird) Clan From the Kawdliyaayi Hit (House Lowered from the Sun) in Klukwan, Alaska, and a Lukaox.adi yadi (Child of the Sockeye Clan). She serves as the President of the Seolaska Heritage Institute, and as a professor of Anthropology at the University of Alaska Juneau. She was elected to the Board of Directors of Sealaska Corporation and also serves as a Trustee of the National Museum of American Indians. Doug George-Kanentiio, Akwesasne Mohawk, is nationally recognized as a primary source of information about Iroquoian politics and culture. He is a founding and current member of the Native American Journalists Association, and has received awards for his journalistic writings.
Jennie R. Joe, Ph.D., MPH (Navajo) is a Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and directs the Native American Research and Training Center at the University of Arizona. Her interest and work with indigenous communities include spirituality and health, as well as how religious beliefs and practices are expressed in identity and in one's sense of place and belonging. Tekaronianeken, Jake Swamp has been the sub-chief of the Wolf Clan for the Mohawk Nation for 33 years. He has served as director of the Akwesasne Freedom School and the Akwesasne Environmental Justice Project, and introduced aqua culture to the Mohawk community
Religion and Human Rights Symposium: Opening Session Arvind Sharma S.S. Rama Rao Pappu Sulak Sivaraksa Joseph Runzo Dirk Ficca Tu Weiming Ines Talamantez Multiuse (1800), Spanish/English/Catalan
This session inagurates the Symposium with a video interview of the Dalai Lama by the Global Ethics & Religion Forum, and a roundtable discussion of how human rights discourse could be enriched by insights garnered from Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Native American religious traditions.
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