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God’s original ideal was to have humanity inherit his true love—a love that can bring even the worst evil, even Satan to natural surrender. True love is God’s essence and his divinity and the gift that God wanted to give to his children.
Statement given by Prof. Akiko Yamanaka, Professional By-Fellow at Churchill College, Cambridge, England, and Former Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan, at the International Leadership Conference in Seoul, Korea, on February 18, 2010.
My father, Nelson Mandela, spent 67 years of his life actively devoted to promoting and bringing about social change. On Mandela Day the Nelson Mandela Foundation asks individuals to symbolically give at least 67 minutes of their time in service to their communities in whichever way they choose.
People are starting to believe that one day true dialogue will break down walls. The walls of the Soviet Union fell down. Many other barriers have fallen not by violence but through dialogue. We should continue this dialogue.
What I am most proud of is my commitment to the policy of soft power. Soft power is different from the tradition of hard power. Hard power has created economic exploitation. Soft power reaches out to others and involves them in partnership.
I want to present some of our key activities and peace initiatives in the Eurasia region.
Remarks given by the Hon. Hamilton Green, Mayor of Georgetown, Guyana, at the World Peace Blessing held in Seoul, Korea on February 17, 2010.
The presentations during the International Leadership Conference in Korea and the World Peace Blessing demonstrate the seriousness, respect, and yearning that the Federation has to unify individuals, families, institutions, religions, and governments in the quest for peace.
People who have turned to Islam because of a purely spiritual motivation face cultural and social challenges in adapting to the new religious environment. They are not necessarily welcomed with open arms by their new co-religionists, who may feel that they are being invaded by “the other.” Those who turned to Islam from a non-religious or atheistic background may not have as much difficulty adjusting to a new religious environment, but those who had believed in and practiced another faith often experience more painful social and psychological difficulties.
Vol. 23, No. 1: Winter 2009 of Dialogue & Alliance featured Muslims Responses to Globalization.