At a global conference on xenophobia in Rome, a panel of four religious leaders from, respectively, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu and Islamic traditions, spoke candidly about how xenophobia can sometimes be woven deeply into the fabric of these traditions.
À l’occasion d’une conférence mondiale sur la xénophobie organisée à Rome, un panel de quatre responsables religieux respectivement de tradition bouddhiste, chrétienne, hindoue et islamique, se sont exprimés ouvertement sur la manière dont la xénophobie peut parfois être profondément ancrée dans le tissu de ces traditions.
Since a small scholarship got her involved in the ecumenical movement, Sana Jennifer’s future has been staked out. She started as a bishop’s secretary and office administrator at the Diocese of Raiwind, Church of Pakistan, in Lahore three years ago and was appointed youth programme coordinator this year.
Sitting in a tent at the Souda camp, on the island of Chios in Greece, a Pakistani family of 12 recalls the lives they had in their home country. They had everything except safety. Muhammed and his wife, Asia, along with their 10 children, fled their home country in search of a place where they weren’t constantly fearing for their lives.
Muslims are a minority in Norway and a majority in Pakistan. From 12-15 March, these roles changed at a conference hosted by The Church of Pakistan in Lahore, Pakistan.
Some 200 people from Japanese churches and minority right networks as well as overseas partners, gathered for an international conference on minority issues and mission at the Korean YMCA in Tokyo.
Quelque 200 personnes représentant plus de vingt Églises et réseaux d’action japonais en faveur des droits des minorités ainsi que 20 Églises partenaires et organisations de l’étranger se sont réunies pour une troisième conférence internationale sur les questions des minorités, qui s’est tenue du 18 au 21 novembre dans le bâtiment de l’ACJG coréenne à Tokyo (Japon).
The nuclear attack on Hiroshima, Japan in 1945 revealed the brutality and dangerous logic of war, money and power, according to an Indigenous Anglican bishop from Canada.
