News from RELIGIONS for PEACE :
Strong participation from Religions for Peace at the Parliament of the World’s Religions
Make a World of Difference: Hearing each other, Healing the earth has been the topic of some 8000 people gathered in Melbourne, Australia for the 5th Parliament of the World’s Religions from 3 December to 9 December 2009.
Among the participants and speakers are a number of Religions for Peace
representatives, including Dr. William Vendley, Secretary General for
Religions for Peace. Dr. Vendley gave several sessions including one on
Conflict Transformation and Peace Building where he emphasised the role of religion in periods of mediation and in times of peace building and
reconciliation. Dr. Vendley says: “Religion and interreligious cooperation often offers different perspectives, not only on the conflict itself but on the solutions and the processes towards it.” Dr. Vendley also participated in a panel together with Dr. Tariq Ramadam and Rabbi Michael Melchior discussing War and Peace in Al-Islam: The Prophet’s Struggle. The panel underlined the importance of including the context when dealing with holy texts. Dr Tariq Ramadam emphasised that the world for a long time has been divided in “us and them” and that this has to end. “We need to build a new we” Dr Ramadam said.
Read more at: http://www.rfp-europe.eu/index.cfm?id=270290
