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Dr. Elizabeth (Liza) Lynn Anderson is an assistant professor of theology and religious studies at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, MN, where she teaches church history, ascetical theology and interreligious dialogue. She graduated from Swarthmore College with the highest honors in 2005…
In an article titled “Violent extremism – Is religion the problem or the solution?”, KAICIID Board Member Rabbi David Rosen analyses the reasons behind the abuse of religion for violent ends. He emphasises the importance of interreligious collaboration in repudiating the extremist mindset and in…
The KAICIID Board of Directors issued today the following statement following the attack at Finsbury Park in London, United Kingdom on 19 June 2017:
“Our thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by the appalling and deliberate attack on worshippers at Finsbury Park. We express our deepest…
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Meddy (Mahdieh) sits outside of her school in Köflach. Like any teenager, she spends most of her time during the day at school, and at night poring over her books. Meddy, now 13, currently attends high school and is avidly studying, takes judo, and is even learning…
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Rimoun is an electrician who has a mailbox, a coffee machine and a small apartment along the motorway in Köflach, Austria. He comes from the city of Homs and is a refugee. He worked in the same profession before he fled Syria, and was able to find a job doing the same…
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Beyond the city of Rosental an der Kainach, past the shopping centre, the local fire brigade and football pitch is a quiet forest Ali visits periodically for reprieve from the suffocating boredom and worry of his small apartment. Further along the path, the dense…
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Qusai was the first asylum seeker in Köflach, a city in southern Austria just shy of 10,000 inhabitants located up the valley from the city of Graz, quietly nestled in Eastern Alps. Formerly a coal and industry town, the once bustling city is home mostly to young families…
On the occasion of World Refugee Day, we look back on our Cultural Integration Programme and Vienna city visits for the newly arrived in Austria.
As an immediate response to the unprecedented increase in applications for asylum in Austria in the summer of 2015, the International Dialogue Centre (…
As an immediate response to the unprecedented increase in applications for asylum in Austria in the summer of 2015, the International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID)’s local outreach initiative supported language learning for the newly arrived who were residing in Austria’s rural areas. In addition to…
Venerable Varabuddhi is a Buddhist monk from Myanmar. He is studying for his Master of Philosophy at the Postgraduate Institute of Buddhist and Pali Studies at the University of Kelaniya in Sri Lanka. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University in Chiangmai,…
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