By DR IYAD MUHSEN ALDAJANI With radicalism on both sides driving them further apart and leading to even more bloodshed, what is needed is a mechanism for reconciliation even in the midst of the conflict. After being at this year’s 2023 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago and…
By Victoria Cardiel, Vatican City In 2023, the conflict between Israel and Hamas dragged universities around the world into a war of ideas with protests, proclamations, and accusations ramping up the tension. The initial, almost unanimous support for Israel and the condemnation of the 1,200 murders and 252 hostages that Hamas…
By Victoria Cardiel, Vatican City The Rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, Chems-Eddine Hafiz, proposed to Pope Francis organizing a meeting between Christians and Muslims in the French capital this year to promote interreligious dialogue and fraternity. Hafiz made the proposal on Feb. 10 at Casa Santa Marta in the…
Jewish, Christian and Muslim religious leaders held an interfaith march and called for peace, partnership and justice. While in Israel’s south the violence continued to escalate, a diverse group of religious leaders showed their unity and called for an end to the violence in an interfaith march, held on Wednesday in…
By ALAN ROSENBAUM A conversation with Rabbi Dr. Yakov Nagen, head of Ohr Torah Stone’s Blickle Institute for Interfaith Dialogue. How did Rabbi Dr. Yakov Nagen, an unassuming, boyish-looking 55-year-old Talmudic scholar from Otniel, a small settlement south of Hebron, become involved in interfaith activities, meet with Muslim religious leaders, and…
Khaled El Enany, candidate for the post of Director-General of UNESCO, was received by Pope Francis during a private audience at the Vatican. Their discussion focused on the urgent need to strengthen intercultural dialogue as a means to combat extremism and foster a culture of peace. At a time of rising…
UNITAR February 7, 2025, Geneva, Switzerland The 10th edition of the Geneva Interfaith Dialogue took place at Palais des Nations in Geneva under the theme “The Role of Interfaith Dialogue in Strengthening Cultural Diplomacy.” This year’s event was co-hosted by UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and Research) and the Permanent…
By ACI MENA Interreligious dialogue in Yemen has a special meaning, according to Bishop Paolo Martinelli, OFM Cap, who serves as the apostolic vicar for Southern Arabia. There are two communities of Mother Teresa nuns and a priest who carry out interreligious dialogue through the service of charity there, he said.…
The Papal representative in South Africa has lauded the Christian-Muslim interfaith dialogue organised by the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) Department of Ecumenism, Interreligious Dialogue, and Dialogue with the Secular World. In a conversation with the SACBC Communication office Archbishop Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński emphasized the significance of fostering understanding and…
By Ali Abubakar Sadiq No single individual in the last two-and-a-half century dares take on the illuminati as Donald Trump is currently doing. And unknown to many, he is doing a great service to humanity. Though many could not see it, simply because they don’t know what the illuminati…