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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.

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Rethinking Religion and Violence in America, or How a Pax Americana Might Figure in a Coming Religious Peace

Jun 21, 2011

In his famous Riverside Church Speech of April 1967, "Beyond Vietnam," the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. identified America as the "greatest purveyor of violence in the world today." How has this changed, or not, since 1967? And how has "religion" factored into the problems of episodic and systemic violence in...

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Turkey Decides: The Effects of the 2011 Turkish Elections on Domestic and Foreign Policy

Jun 20, 2011

The Rumi Forum presents a Panel Discussion on the recent elections in Turkey: "Turkey Decides: The Effects of the 2011 Turkish Elections on Domestic and Foreign Policy"

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Changing the Mindset on US Policy in the Middle East”, with Brian Katulis, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress.

Jun 10, 2011

 

For the United States, a strategic choice is emerging about what role it seeks to play in the Middle East. Should it seek to manage the conflicts and reduce the risks of a broader conflagration? Or should it adopt a more proactive approach to shape the broader trends in the Middle East at a time of unprecedented...

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