Peace

Do All Religions Teach the Same Truth?

Huff Post: Richard Schiffman. The wrong kind of religion convinces its followers that they alone possess the key to Truth. The right kind, according to Vivekananda, helps to make one more compassionate, humbler in the face of the Great Mystery, and tolerant of inevitable human differences. The fact that so […]

Peaceful Approach draws converts to Muslim Group: NZ HERALD

Peaceful approach draws converts from across spectrum to Muslim group By Lincoln Tan, New Zealand Herald  Catholicism only mainstream church experiencing growth, especially amongethnic minorities, as study shows other Western religions, such as Anglicanism, ‘fail to connect’ with diversifying cultures. EXPAND Shafiq Ur Rehman, cleric Shafiq Ur Rehman and Christopher Bradley […]

Defamation of religions

Dawn.com: by Munir Akram (The writer is a former Pakistan ambassador to the UN). THE recent tragic events surrounding the profane and provocative video insulting Islam’s Prophet (PBUH) have again revived tensions between the Islamic world and America and revealed the wide cultural and political gulf between them. This gulf […]

Security Council reform gains traction

Source: Asiatimes. This year’s UN General Assembly has seen more national leaders than ever seek reform of the Security Council, with France’s President Francois Hollande saying membership was not a “privilege handed down through time” and smaller countries saying expansion could solve the council’s frequent paralysis and the image of […]