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70 Years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
By: Reverend Kosho Niwano
Seventy Years have passed since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The importance of pursuing the ideals and spirit of this Universal Declaration is increasing greatly in our times, which…
70 Years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
By: H.E. Metropolitan Emmanuel of France
The Orthodox Church is deeply concerned by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) as part of a broader conversation in which Eastern Christianity should provide an insightful…
On the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
By: Chief Rabbi David Rosen
A defining characteristic of modern society has been the greater empowerment of the individual person, no longer circumscribed to the same extent by the dictates of traditional social structure and…
An Innovative Idea for “Dialogue Week” Across the Arab Region Emerges from a KAICIID Training
KAICIID, in collaboration with Al-Hayat Centre (Rased) in Amman, Jordan, is conducting a training on “Social Media as a Space for Dialogue”. 45 participants from 13 Arab countries and diverse religious…
Ustaz Isa Friday Okonkwo is the Director of Administration of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, the umbrella organization for all Muslim bodies in the country. His organization, led by the Sultan of Sokoto, is involved in all local interreligious dialogue efforts and is promoting it…
Mercy Wambui Muigai, the founder of Impact Communities, was shocked when she recently attended what was supposed to be an interreligious dialogue forum organised by students in her community, in Nairobi, Kenya. “It turned out to be a debate on the scriptures. They were asking questions like ‘was…
Naomi Rachel Kalish, Coordinator of Pastoral Care and Education at the New York Presbyterian Hospital, was very involved in dialogue work while she was studying to become a rabbi. She later decided to focus her professional work in chaplaincy but she always felt like “there was a missing piece”…
Bhavya Srivastava, a journalist covering religion since 2006, first heard about KAICIID in 2015, when he was reporting on the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Salt Lake City. “It was fascinating for me to find an organization that was doing interreligious dialogue with both governments and…
Coming from 25 countries, 4 continents and 5 religions, the 2018 KAICIID Fellows graduated on 29 November 2018 with a strong commitment to promote peace and dialogue in their communities. This year, the Centre had 41 Fellows, belonging to two cohorts – the International Fellowship and the Regional…
Dr. Walusimbi Abdul Hafiz has a PhD in Islamic law with qualifications in education, project management, Islamic banking and finance and law. His work experience started as a secondary school teacher and progressed as a university lecturer since 2004. He is currently the Dean of the faculty of…
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