{"id":117028,"date":"2017-09-30T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T00:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=117028"},"modified":"2017-09-30T22:21:59","modified_gmt":"2017-09-30T14:21:59","slug":"interfaith-dialogue-ends-in-harmony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=117028","title":{"rendered":"Interfaith Dialogue ends in harmony"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Afina Ismail<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

GOMBAK, 29 September 2017 – The “Interfaith Dialogue: Islam, Christianity, Hinduism; Know Your Scripture” was successfully conducted last night (28 September) ending in harmony, without any words of provocation exchanged between the speakers and the audiences.<\/p>\n

The dialogue attracted many audiences that filled the whole Main Auditorium. It was presented by three speakers of each religion; Islam, Christianity and Hinduism.<\/p>\n

They were Associate Professor Dr. Radwan Jamal, a lecturer of Department Quran and Sunnah in IIUM who represented the Muslims, Mr. Berney Tower, a Masters student of Theological Seminary from Southwestern who represented Christianity, and Dr. Bala Tharumaningam, Deputy President of Malaysia Hindu Sangam who represented Hinduism.<\/p>\n

The dialogue centred on the origin, preservation and facts of the scriptures from those three religions.<\/p>\n

One of the contents from the dialogue raised by Dr. Bala said that “harmony must be preserved in order for us to live in peace”. He trusted that if a person did something bad, it was not that the religion was at fault but the person himself or herself.<\/p>\n

The dialogue ran smoothly as the moderator managed to insert humour in between the discussion, and during the Q&A session, he gave a few rules that needed to be obeyed to prevent any provocation.<\/p>\n

The Q&A session was focused mainly on two scriptures, from Christianity and Hinduism, as the audiences were mostly Muslims, plus the time constraint that prevented them from asking questions.<\/p>\n

The event was organised by Quranic Youth Club (QYC) in collaboration with Information and Technology Bureau of Islamic Revealed Knowledge Students’ Secretariat 16\/17 (ISRAK). ***<\/p>\n

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