Running from 13 September 2023 to 14 January 2024, “Letters of Light” is a temporary exhibit at Louvre Abu Dhabi featuring some of the most important, beautiful, and oldest manuscripts of the Quran, the Gospels and the Bible
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Diamond in the Desert: The Dharma and the UAE’s House of Universal Truth
The United Arab Emirates is leading the Islamic world in articulating a vision for social harmony among its diverse cultures and religious communities
Ecumenical Bonds: Telo Tulku Rinpoche at Pakistan’s Mahabat Khan Mosque
Why is an esteemed Vajrayana leader praying in a famous Pakistani mosque?
Eye On Southeast Asia: The Present State of Malaysian Buddhism
Malaysian Buddhism enjoys considerable strengths but is in urgent need of intellectual vitality and dynamism
World Religion Day in Hong Kong, 2023
“Healing the World” is an ever more urgent theme for the Bahai-hosted World Religion Day in Hong Kong
The Colloquium of Six Religious Leaders of Hong Kong: Lunar New Year Message, 2023
The esteemed Colloquium of Six Religious Leaders of Hong Kong releases its message for 2023’s Lunar New Year of the Hare
Dharma Dispatch, 12-17 March 2018: Sri Lankan Conflict, International Women’s Day, FGS Celebrations
Good morning! We start with some encouraging news amidst a sad backdrop of religious and ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka. Buddhist monks and activists gathered in their hundreds on the streets of Colombo on Friday to protest violence between Buddhists and Muslims. The protesting monks were joined by activists that included academics, artists, and representatives of civil society […]
The Right Balance: Negotiating Buddhist Power in Sri Lanka
After a mob attacked a UN safe house for Rohingya refugees on 26 September near the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo, cabinet spokesman Rajitha Senaratne came out with some of the strongest public words I’ve seen leveled by a Buddhist public servant against fellow, self-proclaimed Buddhists. “As a Buddhist I am ashamed at what happened,” […]
No Easy Answers: Bangladesh’s Buddhists and Rohingya Refugees
The tragedy of Myanmar’s displacement of Rohingya Muslims, aside from its complex ethnic, historical, and religious backdrop, is exacerbated by two essential political realities. The first is that Western media and governments erroneously saw what it wished to see in Aung San Suu Kyi throughout her difficult struggle against the Burmese junta. When she decided […]