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Dr. Ramzy is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, Malaysia. His background is in Comparative Religions and Educational Sociology. He obtained a degree in Islamic Studies and both an MA and PhD in Comparative Religions. He wrote his MA thesis in Hinduism and his PhD…
Pangan serves as the programme coordinator of the Socio-Cultural and Interreligious Dialogue course at Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan, which promotes and creates spaces for interreligious and cultural dialogue formation to students, faculty and staff at the university. She organised and co-…
In 1993 Rev. Dr. Peter Ravikumar was certified by the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre in Selly Oak and by Bradford University, UK, to organise programmes related to conflict resolution and peace processes as one of the team members involved in the Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord.
At the Ecumenical…
Mahanama Thero was born in Bibiladeniya, Sri Lanka. As a playful child blooming towards adolescence, his life took a drastic turning point. At the age of ten, with his parents’ blessing, he entered into the monkhood and embarked on a journey in the path of the doctrine of Lord Buddha. …
Injamam Mahbub Mojumder is from Bangladesh. He is currently completing an MPhil at the University of Dhaka and his thesis topic is interreligious dialogue. He has completed his bachelor's and master’s degrees in Religions and Culture. Injamam has more than 6 years of experience with interreligious…
Subindra Bogati is the Founder and Chief Executive of the Nepal Peacebuilding Initiative, where he oversees the organization’s development and growth as well as operations and programmes. He has over 13 years of experience designing and managing peacebuilding, interreligious dialogue and…
Kaush Weerakoon is a community peacebuilder in Sri Lanka and is currently employed at the National Peace Council of Sri Lanka as a Senior Project Officer. She has contributed to establishing Communal Conflict Mitigatory Mechanisms in identified local level hotspots of religious tensions and has…
Dr. Kanchan Chandan was born to a devout Hindu family, which respected and believed that all paths lead to one destination, one God. She spent her childhood reading religious literature from almost all faiths that were available. However, an interest in science, logic, and facts led to her being an…
Faith leaders Head to the Front Lines in an attempt to broker reconciliation
As clashes continue to erupt in the Central African Republic, the country’s leading religious leaders have headed to the front lines in a bold push for peace.
The Reverend Nicolas Guerekoyame-Gbangou, Cardinal…
Hate Speech intensifies in the wake of COVID-19
Despite calls from the United Nations last year for a global ceasefire so countries could concentrate their efforts on the coronavirus pandemic, hate speech and conflict have intensified in many regions around the world.
In the Central African…
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