http://uoftmsa.wordpress.com/2006/12/03/what-did-you-think-of-the-interfaith-dialogue/ The official blog of the Muslim Students' Association at the University of Toronto, St.George campus Sat, 22 Sep 2007 02:04:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://uoftmsa.wordpress.com/2006/12/03/what-did-you-think-of-the-interfaith-dialogue/#comment-141 Asim Sat, 16 Dec 2006 03:21:40 +0000 http://uoftmsa.wordpress.com/2006/12/03/what-did-you-think-of-the-interfaith-dialogue/#comment-141 Can't the MSA buy that big BLUE poster board like CfC has? It looks so nice. Can’t the MSA buy that big BLUE poster board like CfC has? It looks so nice.

]]> http://uoftmsa.wordpress.com/2006/12/03/what-did-you-think-of-the-interfaith-dialogue/#comment-103 Asmaa Sun, 03 Dec 2006 05:21:05 +0000 http://uoftmsa.wordpress.com/2006/12/03/what-did-you-think-of-the-interfaith-dialogue/#comment-103 I agree with Safiyyah, the event was really cool. It forced us to think about engaging with other faith groups in a positive and contructive way. Hopefully we'll see more events like this in the future. I agree with Safiyyah, the event was really cool. It forced us to think about engaging with other faith groups in a positive and contructive way. Hopefully we’ll see more events like this in the future.

]]> http://uoftmsa.wordpress.com/2006/12/03/what-did-you-think-of-the-interfaith-dialogue/#comment-102 Safiyyah Sun, 03 Dec 2006 05:13:36 +0000 http://uoftmsa.wordpress.com/2006/12/03/what-did-you-think-of-the-interfaith-dialogue/#comment-102 It went well and was a very interesting discussion. The question-and-answer period was particularly engaging. I was standing outside the lecture hall after the event, and an elderly fellow walked by and stopped to look at the MSA posters. He saw me and I smiled politely, so he came up to me and started talking. Turns out he’s 81 years old and just happened to be walking through Bahen. He started telling me how important it is for the religions to work together because secularism threatens to undermine all religion. Christians and Muslims should band together, he said, to demonstrate religion’s relevance in this age. I told him we’d just had an interfaith dialogue event to that effect, and he was very happy to hear that. It went well and was a very interesting discussion. The question-and-answer period was particularly engaging. I was standing outside the lecture hall after the event, and an elderly fellow walked by and stopped to look at the MSA posters. He saw me and I smiled politely, so he came up to me and started talking. Turns out he’s 81 years old and just happened to be walking through Bahen. He started telling me how important it is for the religions to work together because secularism threatens to undermine all religion. Christians and Muslims should band together, he said, to demonstrate religion’s relevance in this age. I told him we’d just had an interfaith dialogue event to that effect, and he was very happy to hear that.

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