Friday 4 March 2005

8.45-9.30: Registration.
Venue: St George's West Church, Entrance Hall.

9.30-9.40: Welcome and Introduction. Rev Prof Frank Whaling.
Venue: St George's West Church, Sanctuary.

9.40-10: Songs of Peace led by Dr Neil Douglas-Klotz.
Venue: St George's West Church, Sanctuary.

10-10.35: Talk. Dr Neil Douglas-Klotz.
Title: Sufi Approaches to Peace: The Mystical and the Prophetic in Modern Culture.
Venue: St George's West Church, Sanctuary.
10.35-10.40: Reading. Dr Neil Douglas-Klotz.
Venue: St George's West Church, Sanctuary.

10.40-11.15: Talk. Rabbi Arthur Waskow.
Title: From Shifra and Puah, Foremothers of the Exodus, to Heschel and Ascherman: Nonviolence in Jewish Thought and Practice.
Venue: St George's West Church, Sanctuary.
11.15-11.20: Reading. Rabbi Arthur Waskow.
Passage from Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel on "Guilt and Responsibility in Healing Society."
Venue: St George's West Church, Sanctuary.

11.30-12.05: Talk. Rodef Shalom Eliyahu McLean.
Title: The Sulha Peace Project: Healing Abraham's Family.
Venue: St George's West Church, Sanctuary.
12.05-12.10: Reading. Rodef Shalom Eliyahu McLean.
Venue: St George's West Church, Sanctuary.
11.30-12.05: Talk. Abdul Aziz Ahmed.
Title: The Concept of Love in the Islamic Tradition.
Venue: St John's Church Hall.
12.05-12.10: Reading. Abdul Aziz Ahmed.
Venue: St John's Church Hall.

12.20-12.55: Talk. Dr Sebastian Brock.
Title: Interpreting the world around us: St Ephrem.
Venue: St George's West Church, Sanctuary.
12.55-1: Reading. Dr Sebastian Brock.
Venue: St George's West Church, Sanctuary.
12.20-12.55: Talk. Saheir Siam.
Title: Peace in Islam.
Venue: St John's Church Hall.
12.55-1: Reading. Saheir Siam.
Venue: St John's Church Hall.

1-2: Lunch.
Venue: St George's West Church, Balcony.

2-3: Workshop. Prof Andrew Louth.
Title: Praying the Jesus Prayer.
Venue: St George's West Church, Sanctuary.
2-3: Workshop. Father Mark Aziz.
Title: Coptic Orthodox Spirituality.
Venue: St George's West Church, Candlish Hall.
2-3: Workshop. Dr Moojan Momen.
Title: Individual Peace and World Peace.
Venue: St George's West Church, Shandwick Hall.
2-3: Workshop. Rodef Shalom Eliyahu McLean Workshop No1.
Title: Jewish Meditation.
Venue: St John's Church Hall.

3.10-4.15: Workshop. Rabbi Arthur Waskow Workshop No1.
Title: Festival Celebrations as acts of Healing the World.
Venue: St George's West Church, Sanctuary.
3.10-4.15: Workshop. Dr Neil Douglas-Klotz Sufi Workshop No1.
Title: Sufi Meditation for Peace.
Venue: St George's West Church, Candlish Hall.
3.10-4.15: Workshop. Dr Arzina Lalani.
Title: The Essence of Islam: Spirituality and Peace.
Venue: St George's West Church, Shandwick Hall.
3.10-4.15: Workshop. Abdul Aziz Ahmed.
Title: An Introduction to Dhikr, the practice of the Sufis.
Venue: St John's Church Hall.

4.20-4.50: Talk: Middle East Initiatives for Peace –
the work of the Interfaith Encounter Association - Sr Karmela Farrugia.
Venue: St George's West Church, Sanctuary.

4.55-5.30: Plenary: Educational and Cultural Approaches to Peace in the Middle East – Sr Karmela Farrugia and Saheir Siam.
Chaired by Dr Neil Douglas-Klotz.
Venue: St George's West Church, Sanctuary.

Saturday 5 March 2005

8.30-9: Registration.
Venue: St George's West Church, Entrance Hall.

9-9.40: Talk. Dr Sebastian Brock.
Title: Discovering the inner person: St Isaac.
Venue: St George's West Church, Sanctuary.
9.40-9.45: Reading. Dr Sebastian Brock.
Venue: St George's West Church, Sanctuary.
9-9.40: Talk. Latif Bolat.
Title: Turkish Mystic Culture traditions from shamanistic Central Asia to today.
Venue: St George's West Church, Candlish Hall.
9.40-9.45: Reading. Latif Bloat.
Venue: St George's West Church, Candlish Hall.
9-9.40: Talk. Dr Moojan Momen.
Title: Individual Peace and World Peace: a Baha'i Perspective.
St George's West Church, Shandwick Hall.
9.40-9.45: Reading. Dr Moojan Momen.
St George's West Church, Shandwick Hall.

9.50-10.50: Workshop. Sr Karmela Farrugia and Saheir Siam.
Title: Welcoming the Other.
Venue: St George's West Church, Sanctuary.
9.50-10.50: Workshop. David Bellak.
Title: Love’s Vortex: A Brief Introduction to the Sufism of Jelalud’din Rumi.
Venue: St George's West Church, Candlish Hall.
9.50-10.50: Workshop. Dr John Parris.
Title: Sacred Space, Living Peace - a participative devotional programme.
Venue: St George's West Church, Shandwick Hall.
9.50-10.50: Workshop. Hassen Rasool.
Title: The Reality of the Soul.
Venue: St John's Church Hall.

11-12.10: Workshop. Dr Neil Douglas-Klotz Sufi Workshop No2.
Title: The Sufi Psychology of Peace: The Beautiful Names of Allah.
Venue: St George's West Church, Sanctuary.
11-12.10: Workshop. Alice Fateah Saunders.
Title: Dancing a Path to Peace.
Venue: St George's West Church, Candlish Hall.
11-12.10: Workshop. Rev Dr Ruwan Palapathwala.
Title: “Bodhisattva Ideal” as the Middle Eastern and Buddhist Interfaith Motif for Spirituality and Global Peace
Venue: St George's West Church, Shandwick Hall.
11-12.10: Workshop. Hassen Rasool.
Title: The Science of Reciting the Quran: Tajweed is one of the most prominent sciences of the Quran. It is a science governed by deep rooted static rules which preserves and protects the revealed word of Allah in sound and expression.
Venue: St John's Church Hall.

12.15-12.55: Talk. Prof Aziz Sheikh.
Title: Approaches to Peace in The Qur'an.
Venue: St George's West Church, Sanctuary.
12.55-1: Reading. Prof Aziz Sheikh.
Venue: St George's West Church, Sanctuary.
12.15-12.55: Talk. Malcolm Deboo.
Title: A fundamental Zoroastrian Doctrine: Only good and not evil in this world is the affirmation of God! (Request Overhead Projector)
Venue: St George's West Church, Candlish Hall.
12.55-1: Reading. Malcolm Deboo.
Venue: St George's West Church, Candlish Hall.
12.15-12.55: Talk. Dr Arzina Lalani.
Title: Shi`i Ismaili Gnosis.
Venue: St George's West Church, Shandwick Hall.
12.55-1: Reading. Dr Arzina Lalani.
Venue: St George's West Church, Shandwick Hall.
12.15-12.55: Talk. Sharif István Horthy.
Title: Experiencing Spirituality in Subud.
Venue: St John’s Church Hall.
12.55-1: Reading. Sharif István Horthy.
Venue: St John’s Church Hall.

1-2: Lunch.
Venue: St George's West Church, Balcony.

2-3: Workshop. Rabbi Arthur Waskow Workshop No2.
Title: Where Ramadan meets Rosh Hashanah.
Venue: St George's West Church, Sanctuary.
2-3: Workshop. Latif Bolat.
Title: Turkish Mystic Culture traditions from shamanistic Central Asia to today.
Venue: St George's West Church, Candlish Hall.
2-3: Workshop. Amalia Dickie.
Title: Interactive workshop ‘Identifying common grounds of religious and spiritual traditions’ as follow up to the talk: Experiencing Spirituality in Subud.
Venue: St George's West Church, Shandwick Hall.

3.10-4.10: Workshop. Malcolm Deboo.
Title: Invoking the Spirit of the Creator during a Jashan Ceremony: Zoroastrian Spirituality in Action! (Request CD and audio cassette player, video player and TV, PC and monitor.)
Venue: St George's West Church, Sanctuary.
3.10-4.10: Workshop. Rev Prof Frank Whaling.
Title: Christian Spirituality and Peace.
Venue: St George’s West Church, Candlish Hall.
3.10-4.10: Workshop. Dr Sebastian Brock.
Title: Reading the Bible with the Syriac Fathers.
Venue: St George's West Church, Shandwick Hall.
3.10-4.10: Workshop. Rodef Shalom Eliyahu McLean Workshop No2.
Title: Religious Leaders for Peace in the Middle East.
Venue: St John's Church Hall.

4.20-4.50: Talk: Middle East Women Working for Peace –
the work of the Interfaith Encounter Association - Sr Karmela Farrugia.
Venue: St George's West Church, Sanctuary.

4.55-5.30: Plenary: Spiritual Approaches to Peace in the Middle East – Sr Karmela Farrugia, Saheir Siam, and Rodef Shalom Eliyahu McLean.
Chaired by Dr Neil Douglas-Klotz.
Venue: St George's West Church, Sanctuary.

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