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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Symposia
A Dialogue of Civilizations: Islam and the West in Quest of a Just and Peaceful World
Participants: Jim Kenney, Executive Director, Interreligious Engagement Project (IEP21); former Global Director, CPWR; Co-Editor, Interreligious Insight: a Journal of Dialogue and Engagement
Irfan Ahmad Khan, President, World Council of Muslims for Interfaith Relations (
WCMIR); Trustee, CPWR; Chair, IEP21
Symposium Description: Respected religious and interreligious leaders, scholars, and activists explore the possibility of a Dialogue between Islam and the West and offer participants the opportunity to become significantly engaged in an exciting new project.
Saleho Abedin, Professor of Sociology, Women's College, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Director, Office of Muslim Minority Affairs, Steering Group, Dialogue of Civilizations Project
Abdullah Ahsan, Professor of History, International Islamic University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Steering Group, Dialogue of Civilizations Project Muriel Adcock, Club of Budapest USA; Advisory Group, Dialogue of Civilizations Project Sultana Afroz, Department of History, University of the West Indies, Jamaica Anis Ahmad, Vice Chancellor, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Iqbol Ansari, Secretary General, Minority Council of India
Session One (July 9, 9:30 - 11:00 am, Sagrada Familia Room, AC Barcelona) Dialogue or Clash of Civilizations Is the world bound, as some have argued, for a "clash of civilizations", defined primarily by inevitable conflict between the Muslim world and the culture of the West? Or, is a genuine Dialogue of Civilizations possible? Session Two (July 9, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm, Sagrada Familia Room, AC Barcelona) The Dialogue of Civilizations Project Participants examine, refine, critique and get personally involved with an exciting intercultural experiment, the Dialogue of Civilizations Project: Islam and the West in Quest of a Just and Peaceful World - organized by the Interreligious Engagement Project (IEP21), the World Council of Muslims for Interfaith Relations (WCMIR), and the Movement for a Just World (JUST) - a two-year dialogue culminating in a "dialogue to action" conference in Kuala Lumpur in 2006.
Marcus Braybrooke, Vicar, Marsh Baldon, Oxford, UK; Peace Councilor, International Interreligious Peace Council; author of numerous works, including Faith and Interfaith in a Global Age.
Herbert Bronstein, Rabbi Emeritus, North Shore Congregation Israel, Illinois; Trustee, WCMIR; Trustee, IEP21
Concetta Kenney, Trustee, IEP21; Photo Editor, Interreligious Insight: a Journal of Dialogue and Engagement
Rashied Omar, Trustee, CPWR; Imam, Cape Town, South Africa; coordinator, program in religion, conflict, and peacebuilding, University of Notre Dame, US.
Nusba Parveen, Ph.D. student, Islamic Studies, International Islamic University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Eboo Patel, Ph.D., Founder and Executive Director of the Interfaith Youth Core (www.ifyc.org), a Chicago-based international nonprofit committed to building an interfaith youth movement.
Alan Roce, Vicar, St. Andrew's Church, Aylestone, UK, Editor-inChief, Interreligious Insight: a Journal of Dialogue and Engagement; author, Interfaith Encounters; Trustee, IEP21; Trustee, World Congress of Faiths
Session Three (July 9, 3:30 - 4:30 pm, Sants, Eixample, and Gràcia Rooms, AC Barcelona) Small Group Engagement Process Small groups work to shape key elements of the Dialogue of Civilizations process and to begin to sketch possible ongoing action / service projects to be initiated at the culminating conference in Kuala Lumpur, 2006. Session Four (July 10, 3:00 - 4:30 pm, Room 117, CCIB) Dialogue of Civilizations: Islam and the West in Quest of a Just and Peaceful World Symposium wrap-up. Participants in the Symposium will review the reports of the working groups and finalize a summary statement and a list of recommended action projects to be taken up by the Dialogue Project, which will take shape in a series of Internet seminars and a physical conference in Kuala Lumpur in 2006. Attendees at today's program need not have participated in the previous day's sessions.
Seshagiri Roo, Editor, Encyclopedia of Hinduism; Co-Editor, Interreligious Insight: a Journal of Dialogue and Engagement; Trustee, World Congress of Faiths Theodore Rojahn, Trustee, CPWR; Trustee, 1EP21 Ven. Vijaya Samararwickrama, Buddhist Maha Vihara, Kuala Lumpur.
Georgene L. Wilson, Franciscan sister and author; trustee, IEP21; Poetry Editor, Interreligious Insight: a Journal of Dialogue and Engagement
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