Browsing Tag: Peace

Pak Ambassador Akbar Ahmed calls Guru Nanak ‘Prince of Interfaith Dialogue’, Appeals For Healing Process

During his first ever visit to a Sikh congregation, He stated, “If we are looking for a model, Guru Nanak gives us the best model in the 21st century. I feel a great sense of pride in figures like Guru Nanak from South Asia who brings us together and tell us to hold on to the concept of unity of God.”
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The Countdown to Global Zero

Global Zero members believe that the only way to eliminate the nuclear threat — including proliferation and nuclear terrorism — is to stop the spread of nuclear weapons, secure all nuclear materials and eliminate all nuclear weapons.
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Hindu, Muslim and Sikh leaders to attend Vatican peace meet

Over 200 spiritual leaders, including Hindus, Muslims, Jains, Sikhs and Buddhists, will attend a multi-faith meeting being hosted by Pope Benedict XVI on October 27 in Vatican to promote world peace.
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Tawakkol Karman, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee win Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2011 was awarded Friday to three influential women from Africa and the Middle East, a decision intended to draw attention to the suppression of women’s rights around the world and spur their fight for greater equality in male-dominated societies.
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India, Pakistan vow 'new era' of ties

Pakistan's new Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar met her Indian counterpart S.M. Krishna in New Delhi in an engagement that saw no major breakthroughs over outstanding disputes but a commitment to pursue dialogue.
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Liu Xiaobo, Chinese Dissident, Awarded 2010 Nobel Peace Prize

Liu Xiaobo, an impassioned literary critic, political essayist and democracy advocate repeatedly jailed by the Chinese government for his writings, won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in recognition of “his long and nonviolent struggle for fundamental human rights in China.”
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Peace Walkers call for Global Action Today

Our mission is to promote enduring, daily interfaith cooperation, to end religiously motivated violence and to create cultures of peace, justice and healing for the Earth and all living beings.
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Medicine, Miracles, and Manifestations - Book Excerpt by John L Turner

All eyes in the operating room were on me. All ears waited. What was I to do? I had exhausted all of my options… all but one! I never thought of praying before this day. Although I had been an acolyte in the Episcopal Church as a youth, I had no interest in religion.
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Ram Narayan Kumar, a born human rights activist

It was quite shocking when just like a bolt from the blue, the news of the sudden demise of Ram Narayan Kumar on June 29, 2009 reached me. For some time I could not think or talk
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Sikh march carries message of peace, unity

"We want to show the world that this is the way that we all can live. The world needs this kind of unity," said Darshan Singh Mundy
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