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Enewsletter - Vol 3 - Issue 24
- Thursday, December 4, 2008
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J.R. Gentile: On Islam - Interfaith Youth Forum in New York
- Tuesday, December 2, 2008
The religious perspective is to see all beings as equal under God, regardless of racial, cultural, or ideological differences. The religious instinct is to resist the forces of negativity and turn towards goodness and love.
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R. Engle: On The New Seminary - Interfaith Youth Forum in New York
- Tuesday, December 2, 2008
It is our faith that delivers us from the separate self and graces our consciousness with the compassion and tolerance that bridges the gap from separation to Divine Union. It is in this Divine Union that we find peace.
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O. Aycil: On Islam - Interfaith Youth Forum in New York
- Tuesday, December 2, 2008
We also celebrate our differences. We are celebrating Ramadan, Thanksgiving, and other traditional and religious holidays together with people from different faiths.
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R. Ross: Educating for Interfaith Understanding and Respect
- Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Interfaith education is the key to achieving harmony among all our brothers and sisters of the world, promoting cooperation and the protection of human rights and dignity within a Culture of Peace.
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J.J. Fong: On Unificationism - Interfaith Youth Forum in New York
- Tuesday, December 2, 2008
A reason why many nations are coming into conflict with the United States deals with a loss of moral authority. In short, this means we are not attending to international relations in a manner supportive of reconciliation.
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H.J. Moon: Interfaith Cooperation, Protection of Human Rights and Dignity
- Tuesday, December 2, 2008
For the last month the eyes of the world have been on Barack Obama, President-elect of the United States, and his preparations to take office. Each new appointment to his cabinet team is being scrutinized hopefully for evidence that we are about to witness a new era in this country with new policies that can bring about peace and prosperity for all people.
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D. and M. Živković: Promoting Marriage and Family in Croatia
- Sunday, November 23, 2008
We are promoting lifelong joyful, successful and beautiful marriages and families in Croatia. We believe this is achievable by everybody who desires it and uses proper methods to realise it. The Family Center promotes and helps development of family based on freely and personally chosen, tender, active, respectful to oneself and other, growing, unconditional, irrevocable, serious and mature love between one woman and one man, and similar such love by both of them toward all their children.
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L. Ladouce: Towards Global Development
- Saturday, November 22, 2008
The United Nations, having the goal of world peace, made development a priority and created the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in 1965. The UNDP conducted development programs and research worldwide for several decades; its expertise commands respect and humility. Yet, the UNDP itself often revised drastically its own approach to development; its own literature contains much self-criticism. It will surely continue to do so. The Universal Peace Federation offers constructive insights in this ongoing debate.
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N. Gulliford: Ways Municipal Councils Can Promote Marriage
- Saturday, November 22, 2008
Municipal Councils run marriage registry offices but don't make the best use of this responsibility. Those interested in this subject may like to see what I wrote at Conservative Home Platform under the theme, "The Government could be doing much more to encourage strong relationships." The excellent news since then has been the announcement during her speech to the Conservative Party Conference on 30th September by Maria Miller MP, Shadow Minister for the Family.
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E. Hartley: Address to Focus Group on Marriage and Family
- Saturday, November 22, 2008
Address at a session on Marriage and Family, London, UK, Nov. 22, 2008.
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B. Holomisa: Challenges of Governance in South Africa and Beyond
- Saturday, November 22, 2008
Leadership and good governance are intertwined issues. In the context of this particular conference and the theme we are discussing, the democratic principles of accountability and tolerance are paramount.