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Syed Zafar Mahmood PhD President, Interfaith Coalition for Peace (India) New Delhi

One Reality Symposium Honolulu 10 September 2011 Interfaith Conversation in India Status, Problems, and Opportunities. Syed Zafar Mahmood PhD President, Interfaith Coalition for Peace (India) New Delhi www.icpindia.org. info@icpindia.org.

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Syed Zafar Mahmood PhD President, Interfaith Coalition for Peace (India) New Delhi

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  1. One Reality SymposiumHonolulu 10 September 2011InterfaithConversation in IndiaStatus, Problems, and Opportunities Syed Zafar Mahmood PhD President, Interfaith Coalition for Peace (India) New Delhi www.icpindia.org. info@icpindia.org

  2. Centuries old underlying principle of Indian social orderSarvadharma sambhavaAll faiths are harmonious

  3. Says Islam La nufarriqu baeena aeedeehim mir-rusulih Do not differentiate among the Messengers of God

  4. Bible Matthew 7:24-27 Blesseed are the Peacemakers for they will be called the children of god.Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock

  5. Guru Granth Sahab Dubidha chhod Bha-ai Nirankari O Man ! Shed duality and you are God

  6. Throughout the millennia of history Indian Subcontinenthas kept it'sPortals Wide Openwelcoming the coming from Different Directions

  7. India's spiritual beliefHuman Interestis more important thanTime-guidedGeographical Considerations

  8. Indians are blissfully aware that the Creator & Sustainer of the WorldsisTimeless and SpacelessTimelessness & Spacelessness are manifestations of His Being

  9. Hebelongs to everybody

  10. Never commitBlasphemy of identifyingThe One Realitywith a given section of humanityliving at a given piece of earthat a given point of time in history

  11. God's purpose of creating humanity Not only performing Daily Rituals of Worship But .....

  12. God's purpose of creating humanity To test each one of us, the human beings, as to who among us is more righteous

  13. As per different yet converging exegetic analyses Here Righteousness denotes Selfless Service to the Fellow Creatures

  14. Human beings are God's most blessed creatures While many other created species including the angels, jinns and animals have been given many human faculties, yet 'Conscience' has been bestowed only on the HUMAN BEINGS

  15. What is Conscience Capacity to differentiate between RightandWrong Coupled with the Discretion to choose One of the two paths

  16. To know what is theRight Path Evaluate whether What I am going to do will please my fellow creatures ?

  17. God has graciously instilled in each human being a bit ofHis own soul

  18. Let us learn to differentiate between SEEING and PERCEIVING

  19. Piety of soulis the essence of Religion

  20. Kuchh aur hi nazar ataa hai kaar-o baar-e jahaanNigaah-e shauq agar ho shareek-e beenaaeePoet of the East, Dr Sir Mohammad Iqbal This universe begins appearing an altogether different affair, If we start looking around using Godly attributes within us.

  21. For centuries, India has been aCrucible of Interfaith Coexistence Intermittently, it has been Enriching itself with Additional Ingredients

  22. AtInterfaith Coalition for Peace At all levels, the numerically major faiths of India Hinduism, Islam, Christianity and Sikhism are equally represented People of all other religions like Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Budhism, Bahaism also enthusiastically participate in the deliberations and programs

  23. Our Vision APPRECIATION OF COMMON DESTINY

  24. Our Motto Let us seekmutual help and friendship andstand firm in constancy andpatient perseverance

  25. We carry out Research and Find commonalities in Precepts and Practices

  26. We take these to the masses all over the country and elsewhere

  27. We have Local Resource Groups in 24 Indian states,in South Asian Regionand inOther countries

  28. Interfaith Gathering held at Vrindavan (Mathura) Birthplace of Lord Krishna who, according to many enlightened Muslims is among the prophets refered to in the holy Quran (2:285). Same is true for Lord Rama, Lord Mahavir, Lord Budha and many others.

  29. Our current academic projectsTwo Books1. For Primary level childrenand2. Glossary of Religious Terminology

  30. We sponsor youth

  31. We organize Women's Journeys

  32. Our teams visit Areas of possible conflict and Try to preempt and diffuse the situation

  33. Jammu & Kashmir Intervention Program

  34. We organize Group Discussions on Topics of common interest likeFasting, Light, Environmental Protection, etc

  35. We also participate in Praxis

  36. ICP hosted Sri Lankan Interfaith Delegation

  37. ICP hosted the visiting Metropolitan of Russian Orthodox Church

  38. Christian visitorsjoined Ramadan Iftar at Delhi’s Jama Masjid

  39. ICP Interfaith Women – at Sea

  40. Discussion with the visiting Mr Eboo Patel, Member, White House Interfaith Consultative Committee

  41. Audience at an Interfaith Cultural Gathering

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