Parliament of Worlds Religion 2009 Melbourne Australia

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

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PROGRAM DES Wednesday, December 9, 2009
9:30-11:00am INTRARELIGIOUS SESSION
basis, family members help each other improve and build love and respect for sell and others. In a family, children learn about love, trust, loyalty, cooperation and service. They learn how to behave in a community and develop the attributes of good citizenship. Underpinning Family Night is the belief that in spite of challenges, regardless of differences, family relationships are the most satisfying part of life. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believes that the family is the fundamental unit of society and that the health of any society lies in the strength of its families. Thus, strengthening families will strengthen communities and nations. Dr Sanders has a PhD in Education and leads the religious education program of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints locally. He also serves as one of the Church's senior local leaders in Victoria, Australia The O'Riordan family belongs to the Melbourne Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Courage to Care: Listening to the Messages of the Holocaust Survivors Anthony Weldon Kitia Altman Victoria Myers Room 216 Interactive Workshop Melbourne has one of the largest populations of Holocaust survivors in the world. Drawing on their experience and the examples of non-Jews who stood up against the Nazi genocide, this unique educational program challenges individuals to reflect on their own stance to prejudice and discrimination. The program aims to show how one person can make a difference even in the most extreme circumstance and the potential consequences of choosing to be a bystander. Kitia Altman, who survived Auschwitz, enriches the program with her perceptions. Anthony Weldon is the chairman of Courage to Care in Victoria, which reflects a wide spectrum of Jewish opinion and practice. Kitia Altman, born in Poland, a survivor of Auschwitz, arrived in Australia in 1946. She later joined the Holocaust Museum, where she still works as a volunteer guide. She debated the Holocaust denier, David Irving, on national television, and in 2003 she wrote the book 'Memories of Ordinary People. She nominated a Polish Christian woman and a German killed by the Gestapo for the award bestowed by Israel on non-Jews who riske their lives to save Jews Vicki Myers has worked in Catholic education for over 25 years, recently joining the Catholic Education Office Melbourne after thirteen years as a Principal at Clonard College, Geelong. In 2008, she heard about Courage to Care and offered to host the exhibition. It proved to be a powerful learning experience for the school and broader community in Geelong. Vicki has a long involvement in social justice initiatives related to peace, dialogue, reconciliation and the environment
Leadership Among Muslim Males in the Post-9/11 Era Yasser Maghami Ahmed Rehab Hussein Rashid Mohammed El-leissy Fiyaz Mughal Amir Al-Islam Imam Khalid Griggs Amjad-Mohammed Saleem Room 217 Panel Discussion This distinguished panel of diverse and engaging Muslim men will examine the need for Muslim males to reflect upon what being a Muslim means, taking into account multifaceted roles of being fathers, husbands and leaders in the post-9/11 era. Panellists will talk about bridging the cross-generational gap between today's young Muslim males and older generations. They will reflect upon efforts to guide the next generation of Muslim men away from violence, extremism and political turmoil, towards tolerance, mutual respect, understanding and knowledge-based learning Yasser Maghami is an Australian Muslim who emigrated from Iran at the age of three. He has a Master's degree from the Australian National University's Center for Arab and Islamic Studies and has extensive experience in the analysis of Islamic and Iranian affairs. Having recently returned from Iran, Mr Maghami's research focuses on leadership trends amongst Muslim males in a post-9/11 world, comparing revivalist and reformist Islamic viewpoints. Ahmed Rehab is an American Muslim activist, writer, and Executive Director of CAIR-Chicago, a Muslim civil rights and advocacy office. He is a regular contributor to the Chicago Tribune, the Huffington Post and CNN com and is a frequent guest on network and cable television news. Rehab serves on the boards of the Illinois Coalition of Immigrant and Refugee Rights, the Immigration and Refugee Interfaith Ministries, the Chicago Human Relations Advisory Committee, and the Egyptian American Society Hussein Rashid is a PhD candidate at Harvard University and has an MTS from Harvard Divinity School and a BA from Columbia College. In 2006, he became one of the Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow. He is a frequent speaker and television and radio guest and is currently a visiting faculty member at Hofstra University Rashid is the author of the blog islamicate www. islamicate.com). His current research interests include the representation of Muslims in graphic novels. Mohammed El-leissy is a community worker with the Islamic Council of Victoria. He hosts the World Peace' program on Melbourne's SYN FM, which deals with issues of cultural and religious identity in Australia. He has served on numerous interfaith panels and recently returned from a tour of Southeast Asia, where he represented Australian Muslims to faith groups in the region Fiyaz Mughal is the Director of Faith Matters, which works on developing platforms for interaction between Muslim, Sikh and Jewish communities across the UK. He is the founder and director of two micro-finance projects in Palestine and Israel and has been appointed as the advisor to Nick Clegg MP on interfaith issues and prevention of extremism. Mughal was awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Amir Al-Islam is a Distinguished Lecturer of African American History, Islam and World Civilization at Medgar Evers College (CUNYI in Brooklyn. He is the former Secretary General of the World Council of Muslims for Interfaith Relations, USA. He is chairman of the Board of the Inner City Muslim Action Network in Chicago, and Vice-Chair of the Malcolm X and Dr Betty Shabazz Memorial Education Center, and the Muslim Women's Institute for Research and Development
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