Pak Lah to open conference on religion and global peace

Saturday July 12, 2008
Pak Lah to open conference on religion and global peace


PRIME Minister Datik Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is scheduled to deliver an important speech at an international conference on religion and global peace next week.

The conference, with the theme Religion in the Quest for Global Justice and Peace, will be held from July 24 to 26 at the Renaissance Kuala Lumpur Hotel.

It is organised by the Centre for Policy Research and International Studies (CenPRlS) of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM).

The conference hopes to focus on how different religious groups can work together for global justice and peace.

It will seek to establish the relevance of universal moral values embodied in the different religions to the challenges facing humanity at this juncture in history.

A number of international scholars, including Prof Fred Dallmayr of the United States, Prof N. Radhakrishnan of India, Sulak Sivaraksa of Thailand and Prof Joseph Camilleri of Australia, are among the speakers.

The local speakers are Prof Chandra Muzaffar, Dr Amir Farid Isahak, Prof N. Kanthasamy, Datin Dulcie Abraham, Vijaya Samarawickarama and Dr Kamar Oniah Kamaruzaman.

Registration fees is RM100. It covers the working papers, refreshments and lunch on the three days of the conference, and the dinner on July 24.

For more information, contact Munisah at 012-371 2610, Zarina at 012-305 8626, Veronica at 04-653 4491, Aniza at 04-653 3389, or e-mail psc@notes.usm.my; aniza@notes.usm.my.