admin管理员组文章数量:1566222
2024年5月25日发(作者:)
HWPL天上文化世界和平光复,尼日利亚宗教和平会议(in Nigeria)。
Hosted by Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL), the World Alliance of
Religions’ Peace Office (WARP Office) held its first successful meeting on March 31, 2015 to
discuss the need of interfaith dialogue in achieving world peace. Women, youths, and religious
leaders representing various faiths such as Islam, Catholicism, Christianity, and a sect of an
indigenous religion attended this event.
About 40 religious leaders, women, and youth participated in this interfaith dialogue which was
held in the Lagos State University College of Medicine, Laos. Participants in this meeting
discussed to seek for the commonality across religious scriptures in the hopes of defining true
peace. In reply to the question, “As a religious leader, what is the definition of peace in your
religion?” each religious representative presented his views on effective ways to build world
peace. After the presentation, Rt. Rev’d J. Adedayo Ojaoba J, a bishop of Diocese of Lagos Island
United African Methodist Church and one of the members of the audience, explained the
significance of this meeting. “Comparing scriptures will go a long way in resolving religious
crisis if it is taken seriously by leaders and subjects and if it is let known to the people how
important peace is to their religion.” Instead of holding on to prejudices and indifference, the
presenters and the audience shared an ambience of acceptance, a genuine curiosity toward one
another’s perspectives, and the thirst for insight. Notably, Imam Abdullahi Shuaib, an executive
director of Zakat and Sadaqat Foundation and also the guest speaker of the event, commented, “I
can confirm to you that the conference was a huge success. All the participants willingly signed
the peace agreement and strongly desired to meet regularly.” By signing the peace agreement, all
the participants pledged to continue to work together to bring world peace.
Convening this World Alliance of Religions’ Peace Office meeting holds a special meaning for
the country of Nigeria. For a long time, Nigeria has been constantly surrounded by imposed
violence and religious conflicts. As noted in the names of many Nigerians such as “Olufemi,”
which means “God loves me,” Nigerians have always been eager to search for answers in
alleviating violence caused by religions. Interfaith dialogue through WARP Office meetings only
marks the beginning of building peaceful coexistence on behalf of every Nigerian’s wish.
Interfaith dialogue through HWPL World Alliance of Religions’ Peace Office (HWPL WARP
Offices) is not only limited to the country of Nigeria. Currently, many World Alliance of
Religions’ Peace offices are being established and are actively operating around the world. The
offices began as a continuation of the signing of the Peace Agreement by the religious leaders at
the WARP Summit in September 2014 in South Korea. Chairman Man Hee Lee of HWPL and
Chairwoman Nam Hee Kim of the International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG) invited religious
leaders from around the world to the WARP Summit. Out of all participants, about 1,000 religious
leaders attended the Summit and signed the peace agreement. After returning to their home
countries, these religious leaders have been making their best efforts to carry out the promise they
had made at the summit by establishing and operating World Alliance of Religions’ Peace Offices
in their reepective countries with the help of HWPL officers.
HWPL not only hosts interfaith dialogues for religious leaders through the HWPL WARP Office
meetings, but also campaigns to enact an international law for the cessation of wars. Chairman
Lee, a Korean war veteran, experienced the atrocities of war and witnessed the deaths of his
fellow soldiers in the battlefields. Since then, he has been dedicating his entire life to bring world
peace. His dedication resulted in HWPL’s unparalleled peace activities that are now regarded as
effective solutions to world peace and cessation of wars.
版权声明:本文标题:HWPL天上文化世界和平光复,尼日利亚宗教和平会议(in Nigeria)。_ 内容由热心网友自发贡献,该文观点仅代表作者本人, 转载请联系作者并注明出处:https://www.elefans.com/dongtai/1716570991a509475.html, 本站仅提供信息存储空间服务,不拥有所有权,不承担相关法律责任。如发现本站有涉嫌抄袭侵权/违法违规的内容,一经查实,本站将立刻删除。
发表评论