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J.B. Richter: The Bicentennial of Argentina's May Revolution and UPF
- Thursday, May 13, 2010
When we Argentine people think of the May 1810 Revolution – which began with a historic six-year process of hard and bloody struggles and ended with our “Declaration of Independence from the Catholic Kings of Spain, their metropolis and from any other type of foreign domination” – we do it from different viewpoints: from merely emotional view, the historic, bureaucratic, festive, or institutional ones, or just from a vested political interest. Nevertheless, we avoid any type of analytic effort which prevents us from grasping the true meaning of this historical event and understanding its rectifying ideas and its enormous richness.
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E. Glaubach: The Gaza Flotilla
- Monday, May 10, 2010
The Gaza Flotilla is about Erdogan vis-a-vis Ahmadinejad! It is not about the blockade of Gaza.
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Q. Khanson: Challenges of Interreligious Dialogue
- Sunday, April 25, 2010
Human nature differs from person to person in regards to inherent characteristics, including ways of thinking, attitude, behavior, and performance. We as Jews, Christians, and Muslims hold that humans are a spiritual being created by a monotheistic God, and from generation to generation, human beings have lived, knowingly or unknowingly, in an ongoing relationship with God. Good and evil are defined in terms of how well humans conform to God's commands in Scriptures. The same applies to other religions such as Hinduism, Sikhism, and Buddhism, etc.
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S.S. Nyang: Religion and Social Change in Contemporary Africa
- Thursday, April 22, 2010
The present situation in most of Sub-Saharan Africa seems to suggest that religion may assume greater significance, but not to the point of becoming a state-established institution. This is to say that an Islamic state is not likely, and the only use to which religion will be put is to further secular objectives. The Gambian and Nigerian examples are likely to serve as models of how politicians will exploit religion to maintain power and ward off opponents.
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S.A. Ali: Problems and Possibilities of Interreligious Dialogue from a Muslim Perspective
- Thursday, April 22, 2010
"Survival of the fittest" is a law that operates in the jungles. In human society, every weak member is to be helped in all possible ways and not eliminated. To save human beings from the law of the jungle, it is important for religious people to try to establish religious and moral values. This is an issue to which religious people must address themselves in earnest. It is also an issue which holds great potential for bringing religious people together on one platform.
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A. Ali: The State, the Mosque, and the Masses: Discordant Discourses in the Muslim World
- Thursday, April 22, 2010
The world of Islam is full of complexities and there is absolutely no uniformity or unity in its reaction to terrorism. The need for political correctness and international legitimacy dictates the anti-terrorist stand of many Muslim states; the twin desires for state support and mass popularity have made the mosques sit on the fence; and the accumulated frustration and disappointment of the masses with their own leaders and the international community have made them throw their support behind extremists like Osama bin Laden. There is indeed a discordant discourse within the world of Islam.
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M. Ahmad: Muslims and Contestations of Religio-Political Space in America
- Thursday, April 22, 2010
“What type of Islam, and what type of Muslims?" has undoubtedly become a global question, but has assumed a particularly critical status in the context of the United States. It is now commonly perceived that despite the wide variety of voices that one hears from American Muslims, a uniquely American discourse is emerging from within this colorful mosaic.
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S.M. Moon: Address to a Legacy of Peace Program in New York, March 2010
- Saturday, March 20, 2010
In the end, the problems afflicting humanity can only be resolved through the vision of “One Family Under God,” in other words the teachings of true love. This is the only way for humankind to find the path toward peace and happiness.
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R. Payne: Women and Success—Is Hard Work Enough?
- Sunday, March 14, 2010
Our achievements should be of no surprise. The question is how are women supposed to achieve stuff without sacrificing the family…we’ll never be able to do it without help from men, so why don’t we forget about ‘Women’s Day’ and have a ‘Family Day’ instead?
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H. Saad: Humanity Before Gender
- Sunday, March 14, 2010
We have many female role models in Islam. All these women affected the society they lived in by standing up for justice. These women were the first suffragettes before women’s rights were heard of. They fought for justice and human rights.
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P. Callo: Women Initiating Change—The Strength of the Outsider
- Sunday, March 14, 2010
I am a little person, involved in a small and modest initiative called Project Mosaic. This is a UK-based educational charity that helps teach young people to be more tolerant of those coming from a different background – whether that’s a different race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, or culture.
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D.S. Chahal: Nanakian Philosophy and World Peace
- Wednesday, February 24, 2010
An exposition of some of the basics of Nanakian philosophy that have universally-acceptable characteristics, with the anticipation that if all religions set forth their universally-acceptable principles, a common ethical basis can be developed that will be the nucleus for peace.