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Q-News,
Mahabba, FOSIS and YMOUK present
A Radical Middle Way event
“After Genocide:
Islam, Social Justice and the Power of Reconciliation”
Featuring
Dr Mustafa Ceric, Grand Mufti of Bosnia-Herzegovina
Shaykh Saleh Habimana, Mufti of Rwanda
Naeem Jeenah, Human Rights Activist, South Africa
Friday 17th March 2006
Doors open at 6:30 pm
Program starts at 7:00 pm SHARP
at Friends House
[map]
173 Euston Road London NW1 2BJ
(Across from Euston Station and a short walk from Euston Square)
THIS EVENT IS FREE but please reserve your seats here:
Islam’s
tradition of social justice has always strived towards peace and
reconciliation. But how is that possible when you have been the
victim of genocide, murder and mass rape? How is it possible for
societies to rebuild after the trauma of this kind of violence? Is
there hope for peace after the ethnic cleansing of Muslims in
Bosnia, the genocide of nearly 1,000,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus
in Rwanda and the systematic and violent subjugation of blacks and
people of colour in apartheid South Africa?
In Bosnia,
Rwanda and South Africa, leading Muslims have sought to be agents of
reconciliation and social justice. Few know the story of how Rwandan
Muslims saved the lives of hundred of thousands during the 1994
genocide by offering them sanctuary inside their mosques.
In this unique
gathering three people at the frontlines of this struggle to heal
and repair their societies will speak about how their faith has been
an agent of mercy in the most of difficult of times. Join us for a
remarkable evening.
More information on these topics is available here.
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Naeem Jeenah