by Main | Nov 4, 2016 | Africa, Global Peace Foundation, Interfaith, Interfaith Leadership, Moral and Innovative Leadership, Peacebuilding
Getting to Peace There is something much more sublime than the practical at work in human faith. If we were limiting ourselves to the logical and practical, then education and vocational training should do the trick. Religion is powerful precisely because it functions...
by Main | Oct 26, 2016 | Africa, Interfaith, Interfaith Leadership, One Family Under God, Vision in Action
Interfaith ‘Twins’ Promote a vision of Peace in Northern Nigeria The Christian and Muslim cleric from Kaduna State in Nigeria, Rev. Joseph Hayab and Sheik Abdulahi Maraya, are known as the “twins of Kaduna” for their affectionate personal relationship and...
by Main | Apr 27, 2016 | Africa, One Family Under God, Peacebuilding
“An anthropologist proposed a game to children in an African tribe. He put a basket full of fruit near a tree and told the children that whoever got there first wins the whole basket of sweet fruits. When he told them to run, they all took each others’ hands and ran...
by Main | Dec 7, 2015 | Africa, One Family Under God
“Ubuntu speaks particularly about the fact that you can’t exist as a human being in isolation. It speaks about our interconnectedness.” ~Desmond Tutu Ubuntu is an indigenous African philosophy that transcends tribal and linguistic borders. The concept appears in...
by Main | Feb 5, 2015 | Africa, Interfaith Leadership, Vision in Action
“The threat of religious extremism cannot be resolved by political or economic solutions alone. A true and lasting resolution must be rooted in faith and expressed through practical spirituality. Faith leaders must step beyond the confines of their own sectarian or...
by Main | Jan 12, 2015 | Africa, Local Conferences, Vision in Action
“We are going to be making a pledge, by signing the Abuja declaration make this pledge your own. Make this your mission in life to make sure that there is a positive future for this nation of Nigeria and the continent of Africa.” -Dr. Hyun Jin Moon, chairman of the...
