AU Hosts a Conference on Cultural Diversity and Islam

From: The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs | Date: February 1, 1999 | Copyright information

AU Hosts a Conference on Cultural Diversity and Islam

Presented by the American University Center for Global Peace and the Mohammad Said Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace, a conference on Cultural Diversity and Islam was held at American University in Washington, DC on Nov. 20 and 21. More than 20 scholars from various educational institutions in the U.S. and abroad participated as speakers.

The participants examined Islam's contributions to cultural co-existence and diversity in order to provide a genuine vision toward constructing bridges among cultures. Several Islamic conceptions of conflict ...

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