From the Desk of the Board Chair of the Parliament
The news from the interfaith movement across the globe is increasingly positive and ever more promising. And I am extremely pleased and proud that the Parliament of the World’s Religions is at the very center of this historic movement that is building momentum day by day.Let me explain. The interfaith movement has tripled in size over the last decade. With that growth comes responsibility to be organizationally stronger and well-positioned for the role we are to play in human affairs. That involves developing measurable goals and demonstrating achievements both in mutual understanding and cooperation among faith communities as well as creating a more just, peaceful, and sustainable world. Our fiscal foundation for this kind of work must also be stronger if the Parliament and the interfaith movement it is leading is to realize its promise.
Abdul Malik Mujahid
Chair
Board of Trustees
P.S. There are six major exciting announcements that are coming about at the Parliament which we will share with you soon, God willing, one at a time.
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Celebrating World Bank's Faith Partnership to End Extreme Poverty
More than 30 religious leaders and faith-based organizations have endorsed the World Bank's call for ending extreme poverty. The statement explains the moral obligation shared between faith communities to end the systems which create extreme poverty.“When we in the interfaith movement commit our faith and action with the will to make it happen, incredible progress is possible,” says Parliament's Executive Director Dr. Mary Nelson. "We fully endorse the moral imperative, and welcome the opportunity to work with the World Bank, the United Nations, and other international partners to relieve more than 1.2 billion people currently living in extreme poverty."
“Poverty is a moral issue. The 2015 Parliament will have a special track on the widening wealth gap and income inequity,” says Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid, Parliament Board Chair. Mujahid continues, “We will invite the 10,000 participants of 80 countries and 50 religious and spiritual traditions of the 2015 Parliament to make a commitment to engage the guiding institutions of their respective countries to make extreme poverty a thing of the past through changes in public policy, and to facilitate a balanced relationship between labor and capital to achieve just distribution of wealth.”
Read more about the full release here:
http://www.parliamentofreligions.org/news/index.php/2015/04/the-parliament-of-the-worlds-religions-celebrates-the-world-bank-partnership-with-faith-communities-to-end-extreme-poverty-by-2030?mc_cid=bda2f261d3&mc_eid=432c1b1ac4
From the outgoing Executive Director
In the meantime, it would be a good resolution for 2015 for each of us to commit to do something with and for young people—providing alternatives to violence, showing there is another way, joining others to open up doors of opportunity for better education, ensuring that each child has possibilities for a future with hope.
Dr. Mary Nelson, outgoing Executive Director, 2015 Parliament of the World's Religions, Salt Lake City, USA
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