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Uniting and Dividing Humanity
The role politics and religion play
August 2003
"Permanent good can never be the
outcome of untruth and violence"
Mahatma Gandhi
Kathryn Kelly, Fleur Nassery Bonnin, Osman Bakar, Maire Sheehan,
Paul White
The highest love is love of the Truth
The Australian Centre for Sufism and Irfanic Studies presented a
special Sunday afternoon gathering with international and
local academics, spiritual and community leaders including:
Professor Osman Bakar
Professor Osman Bakar, Professor
at the Centre for Muslim - Christian Understanding, Georgetown
University Washington, USA. He has also served as Deputy Vice
Chancellor/Vice President of Academics and is Chair of the
Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Malaya,
KL.
Kathryn Kelly
Kathryn Kelly, volunteer with the International
Solidarity Movement in Palestine. She is Deputy Convenor of
the Australian Greens and a founding member of Women Refugees
Education Network and Australians for Justice and Peace.
Paul White
Paul White, political scientist at the Centre
for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney, specializing
in Middle East Studies and Refugee Studies. He taught Middle
East History and Politics at Deakin University, Melbourne
and Macquarie University, Sydney.
Maire Sheehan
Maire Sheehan, Mayor of Leichhardt Council
and Program Director at Sydney TAFE. She is a great advocate
of local communities, believing that local residents should
have a real say in decisions that affect them.
Fleur Nassery Bonnin
Fleur Nassery Bonnin, clinical psychologist,
Sufi teacher and the Founder and Director of the Australian
Centre for Sufism and Irfanic Studies. She has practised in
the United States for many years and now lives and works in
Australia, focusing on psychology and spiritual teaching.
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Other Events:
Moulana
Rumi and the Perfume of Divine Love
International Symposium December 2007
ABC Radio
Interview December 2007
UNESCO Moulana
Congress
Tehran and Tabriz October 2007
UNESCO 2007 International
Symposium
Moulana Rumi Istanbul and Konya May 2007
Dalai Lama meets with
Muslim and Sufi leaders April 2006
Sufi
Meditation on ABC Radio April/May 2006
Life of Maryam
(a.s.) August 2005
The Unifying
Role Of Mysticism
International Symposium October 2004
Peace and God
Consciousness - The Journey of the Soul
International Symposium October 2003
Sufism & Self-Transformation
The Path of Knowledge & Love
International Symposium October 2002
An Evening with
Claudio Naranjo September 2002
Unity Within
Diversity November 2001
The Message of
Moulana Rumi "Listen to the Reed
How it Tells its Tale…." International Symposium November
2000
The Need for
Sufism in a New Century -
An Old Tradition for a New World
International Symposium May 2000
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For further information contact the
Australian Centre for Sufism and Irfanic Studies (ACSIS)
Phone: (02) 9955 SUFI (7834)
or
email:
acs@australiansuficentre.org
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