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Rumi Forum Podcast

Rumi Forum was founded in 1999 with the mission to foster interfaith dialogue and intercultural understanding. The Forum aims to stimulate exchange of opinions in order to advance culture of democracy, freedom of thought, human rights and peace. For over 20 years, the Forum provides a common platform for building relationships, mutual learning and information exchange among adherents of different faiths. Our work has a particular focus on pluralism, peacemaking, interfaith dialogue, intercultural understanding, social harmony and community cohesion.


Sep 8, 2015

http://rumiforum.org/latest-trends-in-global-religious-restrictions/

 

On March 31st, 2015 Peter Henne of the Pew Research Center presented the Global Religious Restrictions report’s findings on the trends of global religious restrictions.

 

Paul Marshall of the Hudson Institute joined him for an engaging discussion...


Sep 7, 2015

http://rumiforum.org/cross-cultural-dialogue-on-the-virtues-the-contribution-of-fethullah-gulen/

 

Trudy Conway talked about the virtues based approach of Fethullah Gulen in dialogue on February 4, 2015. Professor Conway presented her book “Cross-cultural Dialogue on the Virtues: The Contribution of Fethullah...



Sep 3, 2015

Hakan Yesilova explained how Fethullah Gulen teaches us to see "the other". Respect and love for all the creation and especially humanity shapes Gulen's views. That's why his religious understanding is one of promoting peace, love and hospitality.