#inter-religious

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Ngige: FG, ASUU, Inter-Religious Council To Meet Over ‘Illegal’ Strike

Ngige: FG, ASUU, Inter-Religious Council To Meet Over ‘Illegal’ Strike

Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, says that the meeting with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will be reconvened on Monday, February 28, as it describes the ongoing strike as a breach of labour laws. Mr Ngige said this on Wednesday while briefing journalists at the end of a marathon meeting between the government’s side and ASUU in Abuja. The minister said the ongoing…

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[inayakabir]

The dialogue of life concerns everyday life. We rub shoulders with Muslims and Hindus in our neighborhoods, at our places of work and leisure, in shops while shopping ... It is important to greet and wish each other a good holiday during religious events. Sometimes we share cakes to associate others with the joy of believing. Christians could share some chocolate Easter eggs so loved by children. The closed egg which contains the chick symbolizes the tomb of Christ, sealed but containing Life.

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The Peace of Inter-Religious Life in Merauke

The peaceful of inter-religious life seems to have started from the eastern edge of Indonesia, Merauke. Merauke city has become a symbol of harmony between tribes and inter-religious life in Papua. There is almost no tribal or religions gap here. Various tribes of either Papua, Java, and Sulawesi, as well as various religions, Catholics, Christians, Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists can coexist…

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[mostunusual]

Merry Yule! I didn't do anything especially celebratory ): but here's a picture of my personal shrine! It's on a shelf in my bedroom closet with features from the three religions I draw inspiration and faith from.

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Reading the Quran in Church - Again

Reading the Quran in Church – Again

A few yeas ago, First United participated in an initiative called Faith Shared: Uniting in Prayer and Understanding. We joined Christians churches across the country in hosting readings from the Qur’an as an act of solidarity with the Muslim community. The idea was to send a message both here at home and to the Arab and Muslim world about our respect for Islam. I was astonished by the flurry of…

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[akividu]

Crime in the name of honour

The deployment of ‘honour’ is an intense form of social control on women, a disciplining of the body. Families, communities, gossiping neighbours snooping for acts of ‘dishonour’ — what one wears, how one talks, evasions, embraces — all mapped out by that penetrating gaze. All these transgressions are met by the patriarch’s voice with some form of violence or the other. The more extreme forms of transgression, such as inter-caste and inter-religious relationships, are met by the punishment of death.

The Supreme Court has come down heavily upon such crimes. In Krishna Master (2010), the Bench observed that “wiping out almost the whole family on the flimsy ground of saving the honour of the family would fall within the [principle of] rarest of rare cases evolved by this court”. The honourable judges may condemn it in an emphatic voice, yet this voice fades within homes where the dictum, ‘honour thy father’, prevails.

[ka-tagory9]

For the past eight months, Chicago has served as the site of a pilot interreligious program designed to foster religious dialogue and understanding, using a resource most religious and spiritual communities already have at their fingertips—spaces to gather.

“At a time when hatred and violence erupts over religious differences internationally, [this] quiet collaborative effort in Chicago has forged alliances and fostered new friendships across religious lines”, said Rev. Dirk Ficca, executive director of the CPWR.

Chicago architect Suzanne Morgan, inspired by her work with liturgical architecture, served as the impetus of the program. Since mosques, churches, synagogues, and temples are in a sense a spiritual group’s “home,” sharing them would lend a sense of kinship and community not unlike when neighbors visit each other.

“Spaces become sacred through the meaning they have for their communities,” said Morgan. “Sharing that meaning can build bridges of trust and reduce social tension and cultural misunderstanding.”

[ticktockpocketwatch-blog]

the dangers of relationships.

friend: i have to tell my parents about my boyfriend, and they'll warn me about the dangers.

me: the dangers of being in a relationship?

friend: of being in a relationship with a goy.

me: ...he'll try to convert you?

friend: no, if we fall in love, getting married and raising kids will be difficult, and just not an option.

me: oh. see i thought he might want to convert you.