4th Interfaith Leadership Forum: Interfaith Engagement with the Environmental Crisis
Rumi Forum, Interfaith Council of Metropolitan Washington, and Washington Theological Consortium presented the 4th Interfaith Leadership For...
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In-Person Book Talk: "Profiles in Peace"
This new book traces the lives of Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs in Israel and Palestine who have dedicated their lives to building peac...
In-Person Book Talk: "Between Thought & Action"
This in-person book talk by Dr. Ori Z. Soltes was a discussion on " Between Thought & Action ", Fethullah Gulen`s intellectual biography of...
In-Person Book Talk: "Hearts & Minds: Hizmet Schools and Interethnic Relations"
Dr. Parrillo and Dr. Ansari present a cross-cultural study of Hizmet schools in seven countries of varying histories and ethnic compositions...
In-Person Book Talk: "I Never Thought of It That Way"
We think we have the answers, but we need to be asking a lot more questions. Partisanship is up, trust is down, and our social media feeds m...
3rd Interfaith Leadership Forum: "Building Interfaith Partnerships Beyond Racism and Religious Nationalism"
Religious nationalism is on the rise worldwide. In the U.S., it has primarily taken the form of White Christian Nationalism: the affiliation...
Panel Discussion: "Modern Muslim and Jewish Thinkers Who Have Inspired Us"
While anti-Semites and Islamophobes often speak as if our faiths have been frozen in ice (and primitive thinking) for many centuries, the fa...
Panel Discussion: "How Do We Deal With Covid, Social Injustice, and Polarization?"
Rumi Forum, Prince George's County Office of Human Rights, and Prince George's County Memorial Library System presented a virtual panel disc...
In-Person Book Talk: "People of the Book"
On December 9, 2021, participants joined this in-person book talk for a considered study of Muslim–Christian coexistence and dialogue in the...
In-Person Book Talk: "God`s Diplomats"
Using inside sources and extensive field reporting about the secretive, high-stakes world of international diplomacy , Vatican reporter Vict...
Book Talk: "Peace in The Age of Chaos"
Working on an aid program in one of the most violent places in the world, North East Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, philanthropis...
Book Talk: "No Power over God's Bounty"
The Qur'an often addresses Jews and Christians as "People of Scripture" to indicate that they have received revelation from God. Yet, while...
What Christians Should Know (and Do) about Anti-Muslim Discrimination
Arson and vandalism at houses of worship. Bullying at schools and harassment at the grocery store. Political scapegoating and institutionali...
2nd Interfaith Leadership Forum: "Human Dignity and Solidarity"
Fratelli Tutti (All brothers and sisters), subtitled "on Fraternity and Social Friendship" is the third encyclical of Pope Francis. The docu...
Combating Prejudice from Inside and Outside Our Communities
This event is a Muslim-Jewish interfaith dialogue for college students and young professionals in the DMV area. The conversation, which will...
Women Leading Change: The Intersection of Faith & Empowerment
This panel is intended to explore the connection between faith and women empowerment with a particular focus on women leadership. Our aim is...
The Value of Your Soul
Using Rumi Poetry to Flip the Modern-Day Script Join author S. A. Snyder for an online discussion of her latest book, "The Value of Your Sou...
In the Name of Human Fraternity
Dialogue as the path, cooperation as the code, understanding as the method. The Legacy It is hard to exaggerate the legacy of the meeting be...
Saints, Sultans and Spies: The Extraordinary History of the Humble Coffee Bean
"From the secretive circles of Yemen's ancient Sufi mystics to the Constantinople court of the Ottoman Sultans to the backstreets of Mercant...
Resisting Injustice Peacefully: Jewish and Muslim Perspectives
"Few are guilty, but all are responsible." So said Abraham Joshua Heschel, reminding us of one the key teachings of our Abrahamic Prophets....