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Music Festival Week: 70th Anniversary of the Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

July 31, 2015 by Daniel Buttry

Life size bronze of Sadako Sasaki

This week, we use music to remember the devastation of the bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki and the unbelievable destruction and anguish caused by war.

Filed Under: Asia, North America, WORLD REGION

Th. Sumartana (d. 2002)

March 23, 2015 by Daniel Buttry

Th. Sumartana

Th. Sumartana was an Indonesian Protestant leader who helped found the first interfaith organizaiton in Indonesia, focusing efforts on peace and democracy.

Filed Under: Asia, Christianity, Oceania, SPIRITUALITY, WORLD REGION

Sulak Sivaraksa (b. 1933)

March 15, 2015 by Daniel Buttry

Sulak Sivaraksa

Sulak Sivaraksa is a Thai Buddhist social activist who has founded a number of organizations focusing on interfaith work to promote global change.

Filed Under: Asia, Buddhism, SPIRITUALITY, WORLD REGION

Ouyporn Khuankaew (b. 1963)

March 15, 2015 by Daniel Buttry

Ouyporn Khuankaew

Ouyporn Khankaew is a Thai feminist trainer who works to help women, LGBT individuals, and people living with HIV, incorporating Buddhism into her work.

Filed Under: Asia, Buddhism, SPIRITUALITY, WORLD REGION

Wati Aier (b. 1948)

March 15, 2015 by Daniel Buttry

Wati Aier

Wati Aier is mediator of peace talks between insurgent factions in Nagaland, a state northeast of India. He has worked to unify the Nagas for over a decade.

Filed Under: Asia, Christianity, SPIRITUALITY, WORLD REGION

Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890-1988)

March 8, 2015 by Daniel Buttry

Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a Muslim independence activist who organized a nonviolent army—the Khudai Khidmatgars—to oppose British colonial rule in India.

Filed Under: Asia, Islam, SPIRITUALITY, WORLD REGION

Tom Fox (1951—2006)

January 19, 2015 by Ken Sehested

Tom Fox

Tom Fox was a Quaker peace activist and Christian Peace Teams member who was held hostage and executed by a jihadist group during a CPT delegation to Iraq.

Filed Under: Asia, Christianity, North America, SPIRITUALITY, WORLD REGION

Kailash Satyarthi

October 12, 2014 by Daniel Buttry

Photo of Kailash Satyarthi

For over 30 years, Satyarthi has been a tireless campaigner for the rights of children and to rescue children from forced labor in factories, brickyards, and the sex trades. Over the years he has helped free almost 80,000 children from various slave conditions and helped them attain education and rehabilitation. He established a village “half-way” community to resettle rescued slaves.

Filed Under: Asia, WORLD REGION

Malala Yousafzai (b. 1997)

October 12, 2014 by Daniel Buttry

Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani girl who has received global recognition for her published diary about life under the Taliban and her fearless advocacy for the education of girls in the face of Taliban violence. She is the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

Filed Under: Asia, Islam, SPIRITUALITY, WORLD REGION

H. A. Mukti Ali (1923-2004)

September 8, 2014 by Daniel Buttry

H. A. Mukti Ali profile photo

Dr. H. A. Mukti Ali was the Minister of Religious Affairs in Indonesia from 1971 to 1978, who placed a large amount of importance on interfaith dialogue.

Filed Under: Asia, Islam, Oceania, SPIRITUALITY, WORLD REGION

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