Asia’s Religious Leaders Urged To Teach Peace
The Asian Conference of Religions for Peace (ACRP) met in Manila for a five-day workshop on issues that affect peace, such as gender discrimination and displacement.
Building Peace Through Health In The Middle East
The impact of international health organizations goes beyond vaccines and physical care. Health initiatives… [can] often serve as the last point of contact between conflicting parties.
Malaita Completes Second Intra-Reconciliation Program
The Coalition for National Unity and Rural Advancement (CNURA) government and the Malaita Provincial Government have recognised the importance of this intra-reconciliation programme as significant prerequisite for true and meaningful development for long lasting peace that will achieve economic prosperity in longer term within the largest province in the Solomon Islands.
Megachurch Symbolizes Indonesia’s Tolerance
Indonesia is home to more Muslims than any other nation. But in Jakarta, a $27 million Christian church that seats more than 4,500 people opened its doors last month. The Reformed Millennium Cathedral is the work of preacher Stephen Tong, a sprightly 67-year-old who waited 16 years to get permission to build his church.
Truth, Reconciliation And Football
A newly published book shows football matches played behind prison walls as the most important sporting force for transforming 1960s South Africa from an apartheid state into a multiracial democracy. For several political prisoners, soccer “gave us a chance to practise how we would run the country – how you organise things, treat people with respect, ensure justice and reconcile differences.”
Chandel Naga People’s Organization Calls for Reconciliation
As a follow up step towards showing solidarity to the recent demonstration carried out by representatives of 32 civil society organisations on September 25 at Dimapur on the Naga reconciliation process, the Chandel Naga People’s Organization, CNPO, observed Naga reconciliation today at Kapaam (Komlathabi) Public gournd Chandel district in northeastern India.
