Archive: November 2022

Pope slams ‘childlike’ whims of powerful that start wars

Posted on November 4, 2022

By Nicole Winfield November 4, 2022 SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — With Russia’s war in Ukraine raging, Pope Francis joined Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders on Friday in calling for the great religions to work together for peace, telling an interfaith summit that religion must never be used to justify violence and that faith leaders must Continue Reading »

Pope slams ‘childlike’ whims of powerful that start wars (ABC News)

Posted on November 4, 2022

ABC News By Nicole Winfield (Associated Press) November 4, 2022 Pope Francis has joined Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders in Bahrain in calling for the world’s great religions to work for peace SAKHIR, Bahrain — With Russia’s war in Ukraine raging, Pope Francis joined Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders on Friday in calling for the great religions to work together Continue Reading »

First session of Bahrain Dialogue Forum held

Posted on November 3, 2022

November 3, 2022 Manama, Nov. 3 (BNA): The opening session of the “Bahrain Dialogue Forum: East and West for Human Coexistence” highlighted the importance of interreligious dialogue regionally and internationally. The session on “Promoting Global Coexistence and Human Fraternity” was moderated by Aladdin Project President, Dr. Leah Pisar. Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (SCIA) President, Continue Reading »

Kazakhstan’s Unique Story of Building Interfaith Dialogue and Co-existence Must Be Told, Says US Rabbi

Posted on September 23, 2022

The Astana Times By Aibarshyn Akhmetkali September 22, 2022 ASTANA – With rising geopolitical confrontations around the world, the seventh Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions that took place in Astana on Sept. 14-15 could not have been more timely. Attended by high-level religious leaders, such as Pope Francis and Grand Imam of al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the congress Continue Reading »

Марк Шнайер:«Евреям повезло, что они живут в такой толерантной стране, как Азербайджан»

Posted on September 23, 2022

Stegmi Media Group Azerbaijan September 23, 2022 Интервью СТМЭГИ с президентом Фонда этнического взаимопонимания (ФЭВ), американским раввином Марком Шнайером. – Недавно вы посетили Азербайджан. Скажите, пожалуйста, с чем был связан ваш визит? – Я считаю Баку своим вторым домом. Я бываю в Азербайджане 2-3 раза в году. У меня особые близкие отношения с Президентом Ильхамом Continue Reading »

Kazakhstan: Jewish Rabbi upholds role of religions in promoting peace (from Vatican News)

Posted on September 15, 2022

Herald Malaysia online (article from Vatican News) By Benedict Mayaki, SJ & Deborah Castellano Lubov September 15, 2022 American-born Rabbi Marc Schneier, the President of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, and a participant at the 7th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, underscores the importance of religion in peace-building and speaks against imposing Continue Reading »

Kazakhstan: Jewish Rabbi upholds role of religions in promoting peace

Posted on September 14, 2022

Vatican News By Benedict Mayaki, SJ & Deborah Castellano Lubov September 14, 2022 American-born Rabbi Marc Schneier, the President of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, and a participant at the 7th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, underscores the importance of religion in peace-building and speaks against imposing religious beliefs on others. The Continue Reading »

Grief and Generosity in Giza

Posted on August 23, 2022

Forty-one innocent souls, including 15 children, died when fire devoured a Coptic Orthodox church in Giza on Aug. 14 — an unspeakable loss that shocked Egypt to its core. As fear levels rose, the tragedy threatened to become another point of division in a country beset by so many challenges in recent years. Religious rhetoric sharpened.

Reunited GCC a Gift Ahead of Biden’s Saudi Visit

Posted on July 14, 2022

President Joe Biden is traveling to Jeddah at a time of unprecedented regional cohesion and coordination, offering hope for fresh advances on peace and stabilization efforts in a part of the world that has known too much strife and conflict.

Russia-Ukraine war: Plight of Crimean Tatars foreshadows more war crimes

Posted on April 19, 2022

The Jerusalem Post By: Rabbi Marc Schneier April 19, 2022 The Crimean Tatars, largely Muslims, trace their history in the Ukrainian peninsula back many centuries, most of which are marked indelibly by Russian oppression. Each day brings us new horrors from the front lines in Ukraine as Russia’s aggression intensifies, with the names of Bucha Continue Reading »