By Rick Westhead

from Toronto Star

BASTI MAHRAN, PAKISTAN—A single act of kindness, profound because it was so rare and unexpected, transformed this sun-bleached village in a remote corner of the Punjab.

A Hindu man gave his blood to…

Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid

		Wednesday, October 12, 2011 10:00am U.S. Central Time

In the ten years since…

by Kim Lawton

from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly

Nestled in the hills between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem is a small village called the Oasis of Peace—in Hebrew, Neve Shalom and in Arabic, Wahat al-Salam. While the Middle East conflict continues to churn all around, here they are trying to create a different reality, one that says Israelis and Arabs can live…

Sacred Space Ambassador Suzanne Morgan

By Erin Meyer

from Chicago Tribune

Several area houses of worship will open for educational tours

Space is sacred to Chicago architect Suzanne Morgan, who is leading an effort to bridge religious divides among local faith…

All true living is encounter (Alles wirkliche Leben ist Begegnung). —Martin Buber, I and Thou (Ich und Du). Illustration by Andrew Zbihlyj

by Jalees Rehman

from Harvard Divinity Bulletin

LAST YEAR, OUR LOCAL MASJID (mosque) organized an interfaith dinner and invited clergy…

Monica A. Coleman

by Monica A. Coleman

from Patheos.com

Interreligious understanding and peace begins in intimate ways: through education, by music, in our homes, with our welcome mats.

How can we have peace in the Middle East

When…

by Richard Cizik,

President, New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good

from Global Zero

As we observe this week’s International Day of Peace, I can’t help but reflect on a headline that recently caught my attention: “World Spending on Nuclear Weapons Surpasses $1 Trillion Per Decade.”

The source of this information, a recent report from…

Rev. Dirk Ficca

Dirk Ficca, Executive Director of the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions, will be honored tonight at the 2011 Niagara Peace & Dialogue Awards in Chicago.

The Niagara Foundation annually awards individuals and organizations who have contributed their time, energy, leadership, and dedication to the cause of dialog, peace,…

by Lynne Hybels

from Huffington Post

In March of 2011 I walked up a rocky hillside near the Palestinian Christian village of Aboud. I had an olive tree seedling in a plastic bucket hoisted on my shoulder. With a chain link fence topped by razor wire as a backdrop, I scooped earth with my hands and planted the hearty little seedling. My American and Palestinian friends planted a dozen…

A Watershed Moment in American Theological Education

by Paul Chaffee

Founding Editor of The Interfaith Observer

On September 6, 2011, Claremont School of Theology, a distinguished United Methodist seminary with roots back to 1885, joined in partnership with The Academy for Jewish Religion, California, and the Islamic Center of Southern California/Bayan College. Together, they and a number of other affiliates have…

by Anantanand Rambachan

CPWR Trustee

Our world has always been characterized by religious diversity, both across and within religious traditions. We have held different beliefs about the absolute, described it differently, and adopted a variety of ways and practices for attaining life’s ultimate goal. What is new about our religious diversity is the fact that it is rapidly becoming a feature of the landscape of many societies where a single tradition was predominant.…

by Sami Awad

from Huffington Post

I was 12 years old when I was introduced to Gandhi. My uncle Mubarak returned from India with four big heavy boxes filled with books. All same size and shape with warn-out green covers. These books included all the writings of Gandhi. They filled two book shelves, double the space taken by the Encyclopedia Britannica. What attracted me in the boxes was a…

by Cyrus Rivetna

Faith in Place

About 3,000 years before “green” became a term for sustainable living, Prophet Zarathushtra taught that man must live in harmony with Nature. In keeping with those teachings, Zoroastrians today revere all elements of nature—Fire, Sun, Earth, the Waters, Plants and Animals. Ours is not a stagnant worship of nature’s beauty, but rather a reverence for what provides the necessities for life on Earth. From a…

by Katherine Marshall

from Huffington Post

For 25 years, the Community of Sant’Egidio, a lay Catholic group inspired by the ideals of true friendship with the poor, has organized an annual gathering of religious and lay leaders from all corners of the world. Peace is the theme always, and the event has the character of a pilgrimage, as it takes place each year in a…

by Rabbi Or Rose

from Huffington Post

As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approached I, like so many others, began to reflect on the events of that devastating day, and all that has transpired in our country and throughout the world since. I also began to think about the future and what life might look light 10 years from now. What kind of society will my young twins — now in preschool…

by Jesse Marx

from Orland Park Patch

The year was 1978. Bob Marley convinced warring Jamaican factions to shake hands. China lifted a ban on the works of Shakespeare. Pete Rose logged his 3,000th major league hit.

And in the sparsely populated town of Frankfort, Illinois, a small group of Sunni Muslims founded a Sunday school to preserve their cultural heritage and religious…

The Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions is proud to be a co-sponsor of PeaceWeek 2011, a global telesummit featuring dozens of inspiring peacebuilders.

This free online event, coming up…

Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid

from NPR’s Worldview

CPWR Board Chair Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid is interviewed about 9/11’s impact on American Muslims.

In a 2003 article, he likened the situation for Muslim Americans to a…

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