Dialogue & Alliance - A Journal of the Universal Peace Federation
Vol. 26, No. 2, Fall 2012
Introduction
Interfaith, Multi-Track Diplomacy and Peace
Dr. Thomas G. Walsh, President, UPF International
Peace in the Near East
Marco Frenschkowski, Professor, Leipzig University, Germany
Common Moral Grounds for the Common Good
Imam Dr. Abduljalil Sajid, Muslim Council for Religious and Racial Harmony, UK
Religion as an Obstacle to Peace?
Dr. Michael Balcomb, Communications Director, UPF International
The Arab Spring: Myth or Reality?
Ran Cohen, President, Chamber of Trade & Commerce of Israel, Asia (former MK)
The UN and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Sam Zakhem, Former United States Ambassador to Bahrain
The Sacrifice of Isaac
Shuki Ben Ami, Chair, World Media Association of Israel
No Future Without Forgiveness
Rev. Dr. Marcus Braybrooke, President, World Congress of Faiths, UK
The Roots of Religious Extremism
Joseph Montville, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, USA
The Monotheistic Family’s Common Book
Olfat Al-Mallakh, Adjunct Professor, Du Page University, Illinois, USA
The Role of the Religious Leader in Peacemaking
Dr. Michael Jenkins, Chairman, American Clergy Leadership Conference, USA
A Religious Model in Action: Sun Myung Moon and the Middle East Peace Initiative, 2003 to 2005
Shelley Elkayam, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Interfaith Climate Change
Dr. Eliezer Glaubach-Gal, President, I. Foerder Institute for Democracy and Pluralism, Jerusalem
World Interfaith Harmony Week
Taj Hamad, Secretary General, Universal Peace Federation
Interfaith Education and the Thought of Sun Myung Moon
Dr. Nurit Hirschfeld, Doctor of Rabbinic Literature, Achva College, Beersheva, Israel
Book Review