Breaking barriers: Students share views on inter-faith harmony

FACES Pakistan holds a one-day seminar.


Our Correspondent November 29, 2012

LAHORE:


FACES Pakistan, a community development organisation, held a one-day regional conference, Building Bridges over Religious and Cultural Divides, on Thursday at a local hotel in Bahria Town. Youth from Pakistan, India, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka took part in it.


FACES Pakistan is a non-profit organisation working with unrepresented communities to help them gain empowerment through the promotion of human rights, social justice, sustainable development and gender equality. FACES Pakistan President Javaid William said the aim of the regional conference was to build leadership among students by targeting South Asian educational institutes to promote peace and interfaith harmony.

Youth

He said this could be accomplished by bridging gaps, creating better ties and including people of all faiths in activities that would promote co-existence in the region. FACES Pakistan executive director Elaine Alam, Institute of Communication Studies Director Dr Ahsan Akhtar Naz and Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) Research Analyst Mujtaba Muhammad Rathor facilitated the discussion. “Our mission is to create an enabling environment for participatory governance and sustainable collective action for peace, human security and community cohesion at all levels,” said Alam, speaking to the conference participants.

Students from different faiths shared their views on how to overcome religious divides within Pakistani society.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 30th, 2012.

COMMENTS (3)

shakrullah | 11 years ago | Reply Faces Pakistan stands for very laudable objectives . All human beings , irrespective of caste creed or colour are the creation of the same God . This fact provides a good basis for a universal brotherhood of mankind .
ahmed41 | 11 years ago | Reply

Excellent idea !!!

Give us some more details. Does the organization have a web-site ?

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