Interfaith dialogue may help OKC grow spiritually
EDMOND - On the evening of September 2, 1666, a fire began in a pudding bakeshop Lane in the British capital, London. What, in the whole city in the next several days and reduced the abundance of debris and ash London. On the morning of April 19, 1995, a former officer, Timothy McVeigh, a trailer parked at the fertilizer before Confederation in the building in downtown Oklahoma City, destroying the structure and the death of 168 people, which part of young children in a daycare in the building of Confederation.
While these two events are separated by hundreds of years, they are similar, their immediate effects on the parties concerned was, the debt was actually innocent. After the fire of London, a rumor swept through the city, that the blame for Catholics aware of the judgement of the flame, and many members of the faith that were attacked by mobs. In the days following the bombing in Oklahoma City was widely reported in the national media, it is likely that the factory was Muslims, Arabs, and one man was passed on Will Rogers Airport, because he thought May, the authorities had planted the bomb.
In the weeks after the bombings of several leaders proposed in Oklahoma City, it should communication between Muslims and followers of other religions in the region, to promote greater understanding. A few years ago, a chapter of the Institute Inter Faith Dialogue was founded in Oklahoma City. The company was in Austin, after a group of Muslims had invited several Christians and Jews to participate in the festivities, that the end of the holy month of Ramadan. After the feast, it was concluded that all participants clear that many of the traditions and values, and decided an organization, would lead to more dialogue between people of different religious beliefs.
In promoting this objective, the city of Oklahoma chapter is a series of dinners and other events where a large number of political leaders have spoken, as their faith has marked his life and influence on the steps they have taken as civil servants.
Last month, the Secretary of State for Oklahoma and former mayor of Tulsa Susan Savage, said a luncheon gathering of the Institute of members of their reaction to the announcement by a group of Klansmen of Arkansas , they would have to Tulsa in March. Savage reported that they had immediately contacted Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson, and they will sponsor a meeting of the Brotherhood of celebrating at Tulsa on the same date and time of the Klu Klux Klan in March.
Savage regard, the collection and sponsored Edmondson was good and visited a true reflection of the spirit of Tulsa and the state of Oklahoma.
The Institute is a demonstration in April at Oklahoma City University, will try to show that political violence is not condoned by Islam. This chapter, the President said that Kucokosman Orhan, the 5th program - Henri April at the Freede Center on the campus OCU. Admission is free and lunch are still positive. Speakers include DePaul Law School, Professor Cherif Bassiouni University of Chicago in political science, Professor Robert Pape. Several Muslim Scholars are also exposed, including one on the bridge Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt. A spokesman for the Federal Office for the city of Oklahoma is also the address of the collection.
Several other academics and journalists are also in the list. Kucokosman indicated that he believes the action will lead to greater understanding between Muslims and other practitioners of religious or philosophical beliefs in Oklahoma.