In the beginning, there were sounds of bamboo trees, swaying softly outside the high window.
Slow shadows of leaves and sunlight changing places across the wrinkled ceiling, above the basket where I slept, dreamt and waited.
To the smell of fresh flowers and wild grass, echos of water somewhere near.
I must have lay there, nameless, speechless, waiting for everything to begin, to happen, to become.
Events
Monday, 4.10.202113:30
Opening CeremonyMain Hall
Moderator
Prof. Azza Karam, Secretary General, Religions for Peace
Welcome Remarks by Religions for Peace Co-Moderators and Youth Representative
Dr. Vinu Aram, Director, Shanti Ashram; Co-Moderator, Religions for Peace Rev. Kosho Niwano, President-Designate, Rissho Kosei-Kai; Co-Moderator, Religions for Peace Ms. Lyka Mtambo, Youth Representative, Public Affairs Committee; Member, International Youth Committee
Welcome Remarks by German Host Country Representative
Ms. Anna-Nicole Heinrich, President of the Synode of the Protestant Church Bishop Dr. Bertram Meier, Bishop of Augsburg
Keynote Speeches
HRH Prince EL Hassan Bin Talal, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Institute for Interfaith Studies; Honorary President, Religions for Peace H.E. Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, United Nations Office of Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect H.E. Ms. Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth H.E. Mr. Nasreldin Mofreh, Minister of Religious Affairs and Endowments, Sudan H.E. Ms. Uzra Zeya, Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, U.S. Department of State H.E. Dr. Mohammed Al-Mamari, Under Secretary for the Ministry of Endowment and Religious Affairs, Sultanate of Oman Dr. Noor-ul-Haq Qadri, Minister of Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony Islamic Republic of Pakistan Ms. Ana-Maria Daou, Head of the Research and Courses’ Unit, Adyan Foundation; Deputy Coordinator, Religions for Peace International Youth Committee (Lebanon)
Music
Maestra Zhang Zhang, Violin
Thursday, 7.10.202108:40
Multi-Religious Prayer and MeditationInselhalle
Music
Maestra Zhang Zhang, Violin
Tuesday, 5.10.202108:40
Multi-Religious Prayer and MeditationMain Hall
Music
Maestra Zhang Zhang, Violin
Wednesday, 6.10.202108:40
Multi-Religious Prayer and MeditationMain Hall
Music
Maestra Zhang Zhang, Violin
Thursday, 7.10.202110:30
Closing Ceremony: Way Forward and Commitment to ActionMain Hall
Moderator
Prof. Azza Karam, Secretary General, Religions for Peace
Reflections
Rev. Megumi Wada, Director, International Interreligious Cooperation, Rissho Kosei-kai, Japan; Former Director of General Affairs, RfP Japan; Member, RfP International Women’s Coordinating Committee [Invited] Dr. Renz Argao, President & CEO, Argao Health Inc.; Moderator, Asia & the Pacific Interfaith Youth Network; Coordinator, Religions for Peace International Youth Committee Prof. Joan Hernandez Serret, PhD., Professor of Sociology, University of Barcelona H.E. Dr. Taha Ayhan, President, Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF)
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