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Upcoming Events
Please
join us to welcome our guest speaker:
Dr. Ali Abadi
Topic:
Islam,
Religious Pluralism and
Interfaith Dialogue.
Dr.
Aliabadi's
presentation will be an overview
of religious pluralism and interfaith dialogue from a Muslim
perspective.
In a global village and post 9/11 world, as Hans Kung - the
great Catholic Theologian reminds us:
No survival without a world
ethic. No world peace without peace between the religions.
No peace between the religions without dialogue between the
religions.
In light of today's world crisis
and specially the application of violence in the name of
religion, more so than ever, we are in need of a broad,
tolerant and pluralist view of religion.
After a brief historical overview of religious pluralism and
interfaith dialogue in the West and the Islamic World, Dr.
Aliabadi will discuss Abdolkarim Soroush's unique contribution
to the debate on religious pluralism in Islam. He'll
continue his presentation with brief summary of the
principles of interfaith dialogue in general and the Qur'anic
view of other religions in particular. Furthermore, he will
point to the positive attitudes of the Qur'an towards other
religions, historical peaceful coexistence of the Muslims with
the People of the Book (Jews and Christians), the positive
contributions of such great classical thinkers as Rumi and
Ibn Arabi; and the contribution of contemporary Muslim
intellectuals such as Muhammad Iqbal, Fazlur Rahman and
Abdolkarim Soroush as the frame of reference in the
Islamic tradition to put forward an innovative approach to
religious pluralism and interfaith dialogue.
Finally, he will maintain that religious pluralism and
interfaith dialogue enable us to mutually appreciate and
respect each other's traditions and eliminate misconceptions
and as a result make a major contribution to the world peace
and the peaceful coexistence of the world religious
communities.
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