Tag: inter-religious understanding

• August 20, 2009

  Beyond the Walls of Hatred: Initiatives of Change Conference on Human Security

  I met a fascinating group of people from around the world at Caux, Switzerland a few weeks ago. The man who wrote this article was part of a large contingent from India and Pakistan who had some very serious and exciting exchanges under the able guidance of Mr. Rajmohan Gandhi, former parliamentarian, veteran peacemaker and distinguished author.

  Beyond the walls of hatred
  By Jawad Naqvi

  An excerpt from the article:

  Mr Ahmadinejad would do well to get invited to Caux and to listen to Prof Marc Gopin’s views on the states’ culpability in arming militant groups on both sides of the equation. He would gain amazingly fresh insights from the intervention by Jakob Finci, the president of the Jewish community in Bosnia, about the efforts of a small community of Bosnian Jews, Christians and Muslims to build a life together.

  Marc Gopin, a rabbi, is the James H. Laue

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