The Human Codes of Tolerance and Respect

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Greater Efforts for Human Codes of Tolerance Needed
written by: Dr. Hubertus Hoffmann

Human Codes of Tolerance and Respect exist in all our different religions and cultures, from Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism to Buddhism. The problem today is that we have forgotten our common roots.

Christmas & Holiday Season 2008: A Story of Reconciliation from the Holy Land
written by: Dr. Hubertus Hoffmann

Let me tell you a true story for Christmas and the Holiday Season 2008 from the Holy Land:

On November 5th, 2005, in the Palestinian refugee camp of Jenin, 12-year-old Ahmed Khatib was severely injured in the head by an Israeli soldier and died shortly afterward in the hospital. ...more

Inside Jordan: Hubertus Hoffmann meets the Islamic Rose and a Prince of Wisdom and Tolerance
written by: Dr. Hubertus Hoffmann

When beautiful Queen Rania of Jordan enters the room, with King Abdullah II next to her, she charms all her guests and represents the new Arab world, full of positive energies, women’s power, optimism, friendship and openness to foreigners. Rania is the Rose of Palestine and Jordan, the Rose of Islam.

Is Islam tolerant ?
written by: Dr. Hubertus Hoffmann

Radical, self-styled but false prophets have even usurped and falsified the original teachings of the Prophet Mohammed, ...more

Iraqi Kurdistan: Hubertus Hoffmann on the Heaven for Christians and Tolerance Near Hell
written by: Dr. Hubertus Hoffmann

When leaving the center of the Iraqi-Kurdish capital of Erbil to head north, one arrives at a suburb called Enkawa (also written Ankawa). Each day, a mirage can be seen there: a large Christian church right on the main street. There are two other churches within this city with its 20,000 Christian ...more

Islamic Renaissance Is Needed!
written by: Dr. Hubertus Hoffmann

All too easily, the modern "media-man" encounters a one-sided, unreal, distorted and thereby unrealistic picture of the world, full of negative images and news, which the cameramen of CNN and their TV colleagues seem magically drawn to—the world as an ongoing action/horror movie—blood and ...more

Iraqi Religious Shiite and Sunni Religious Leaders: A Fatwa Against Sectarian Violence
written by: Manuela Paraipan

Recently, a group of Iraqi senior Sunni and Shia religious leaders met in Beirut - supported by the World Security Network Foundation - to discuss the main ...more

Father Canon White: "The key subject is how to reduce violence"
written by: Manuela Paraipan

WSN: When did you start working as a group in this context?

Canon White: We started originally in 2004, but in many respects the work started under the old regime over 10 years ago. I started to work with Sheikh Abdul Latif Humayem back then.

We went to Billy Graham ...more

Former U.S. National Security Advisor Robert McFarlane: "The missing element was trying to engage the clergy"
written by: Manuela Paraipan

WSN: How did you start to work with this group?

Robert McFarlane: Since the war has been going on in Iraq for a couple of years, it seemed to me that the missing element was trying to engage the clergy in a constructive way to nurture reconciliation. After all, the significant ...more

The Beirut Religious Declaration: A Fatwa against sectarian violence

A group of Iraqi Shia and Sunni Islamic scholars have gathered in Beirut from the 22nd to the 24th of August 2008 under the auspices of the FRRME. Through dialogue they have discussed what should be done following the considerable security improvements in Iraq. There is great urgency to meet the ...more

Poland: Hubertus Hoffmann Meets Two Icons of Moral Values
written by: Dr. Hubertus Hoffmann

No man was closer to Pope John Paul II than Stanislaw Dziwisz, now the Cardinal of the Cultural Center of Poland in the South Eastern university city of Krakow.

India: Hubertus Hoffmann Meets a Miracle of Tolerance and an Economic Boom
written by: Dr. Hubertus Hoffmann

In 2030 there will be more Indians living on this planet than Chinese—an estimated 1.5 billion vs. 1.4 billion. India is not only the largest democracy on earth but also the most interesting counter model to the state-controlled and politically centralized China. It looks now that the Indian ...more

Individuals Have the Natural Right to Resist Dictatorships
written by: Dr. Hubertus Hoffmann

Do the people in Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Lebanon or Iran have the right to stand up to the powers of state?

Doesn’t the UN, as well as international law, prohibit interference in the “internal affairs of countries” thereby protecting the state from its citizens?

Is it therefore ...more

The New Art of Peacemaking: Let's Make Friends First — Use Arms only as an Ultima Ratio Regis
written by: Dr. Hubertus Hoffmann

Hubertus Hoffmann: The Art of Peacemaking in Iraq and Afghanistan is not working very well at the moment—why not?

Klaus Reinhardt: The cooperation between military and civilian agencies is not well run and lacks coherency in its coordination. The international community can ...more

Indonesia: Save the Catholics sentenced to death!
written by: Dr. Hubertus Hoffmann

According to informations obtained by the World Security Network Foundation, three Indonesian Catholics—Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus da Silva and Marinus Riwu—who were sentenced to death in dubious court proceedings due to their involvement in disturbances in 2000 where 200 deaths occurred are ...more

Dalai Lama WSN Exclusive: Thoughts of Tibet’s Spiritual Leader
written by: Dr. Hubertus Hoffmann

- An exclusive report by WSN President Hubertus Hoffmann from Buenos Aires

BUENOS AIRES – Listeners to His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, are enraptured less by the depth of his words than by his cheerfulness, his humor and his smile. In Buenos Aires, the spiritual leader of Tibet, which ...more

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