Declaration of Ayattollah Doctor Mahdi Hadavi Tehrani on the occasion of the massacre of defenseless people of Gaza strip
Imam Khomeini: Moharram is the victory of blood over the sword.
This year Hosseini's Moharram has been colored with the blood of Palestinian progeny and the black mourning flags have been saturated by the heart felt mothers of humble martyrs in Gaza strip. The eyes of Imam Zaman (may God hasten his emergence) in the sorrow of his grand ancestor were blurred which let into blood for the martyrdom of the innocent people of Gaza...
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Faith and Modernization
● Abdullah Ahmad Badawi ● Mahdi Hadavi ● David A. Harris ● Cardinal Theodore McCarrick ● Rick Warren
Chaired by ● Tony Blair
Thursday 24 January
"In a world where faith is seen to pull people apart, how do we use it to bring people together? Why faith in the modern world?" asked Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997-2007), a Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum, and a Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2008. As panellists strove to answer this question, they kept coming back to a tenet that cuts across all religions: love thy neighbour as thyself. They generally agreed that potentially explosive tensions between faith and modernization can be overcome – and transformed into a positive force – if people, governments and religious leaders agree on a common set of values based on mutual respect...
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Wednesday 23 January
10.30 - 12.30
(Hotel Belvédère, Rotary)
C-100 Private Meeting 1: Islam and the West - Differences in Sight
Private Meeting
This session will bring together leaders from Muslim and Western Communities to speak about the current and future challenges facing them. It will be an interactive, open discussion that will attempt to not only attempt to dispel common misconceptions, but also address the way in which today's leaders can contribute towards a stronger collaboration and mutual respect.
The session will also serve as a basis for a joint film project between the Community of West and Islam Dialogue (C-100), and the Young Global Leaders which hopes to engender a greater understanding between Islam and the West.
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