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Help create a Charter for Compassion

People of all nations, all faiths, all backgrounds, are invited to contribute.

By recognizing that the Golden Rule is fundamental to all world religions, the Charter for Compassion can inspire people to think differently about religion. This Charter is being created in a collaborative project by people from all over the world. It will be completed in 2009.

Use this site - charterforcompassion.com -  to offer language you'd like to see included. Or inspire others by sharing your own story of compassion.

RIS 2008 - An Event Not to Miss

BY ABUBAKAR KASIM

Every year, my wife and I look forward to the month of December.
 
We wait for the arrival of this special month not because of what Santa Claus has to bring to us.
 
We wait for this month with patience and with high level of anticipation to attend the annual Reviving the Islamic Spirit conference that is held in Toronto.
 
We always try not to miss this historical event where we revive our spirits, enrich our souls with knowledge and wisdom and benefit from renowned scholars who we never get a chance to see at any other times. 
 

Ordinary People Can Do Extraordinary Things

BY MUNEEB NASIR

Circumstances often inspire ordinary people to do extraordinary things.

Shah Nawaz Husain was disturbed by all the negative things being said about Muslims and the religion of Islam in the post 9/11 world.

The retired Brampton engineer decided he was going to do something to change how his religion was being portrayed.
 
“Our detractors were defining us as evil, malicious and violent people,” Husain says.  “I wanted to show what Islam really was, through compassionate deeds.”

So Husain set about starting the MuslimServ charity with the goal of feeding the poor in Canada by asking Muslims to direct some of their charitable giving to his agency.

Tariq Ramadan: Why I'm going to meet the Pope

In a world that is experiencing an unprecedented global crisis, a world in which politics, finance and relations between humans and the environment suffer from a cruel lack of conscience and ethical integrity, it is a matter of greatest urgency that Christian-Muslim dialogue turn its attention to both theological issues and to those of values and ultimate aims. Our task is not to create a new religious alliance against the "secularised" and "immoral" world order, but to make a constructive contribution to the debate, to prevent the logic of economics and war from destroying what remains of our common humanity. ---READ

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