South Africa works for world peace through Interfaith Harmony
HWPL South Africa WARP Office hosted Scripture Dialogue during The World Interfaith Harmony Week
Durban, South Africa – February 4, HWPL Scripture Dialogue was held at WARP (World Alliance of Religions’ Peace) Office in Durban. WARP
Office is operated by HWPL (Heavenly Culture World Peace Restoration of Light, Chairman Man Hee Lee), an International
Peace Organization where various religious leaders come together to seek answers to certain questions within their
scripture and compare these answers. WARP Office is one of the biggest projects of HWPL, who is actualizing its moto
cessation of war and creation of peace.
Senior lecturer at Education Wing of ISCKON (The International Society for Krishna Consciousness) Smita Krsna Das, Shaik
Nishaat Siddiqi representing Ansari Tariqa, National Interfaith Coordinator and Priest Sri Sathya Sai Organization of
South Africa Mr. Leon Greenberg and National Chairperson of World Hindu Foundation Mr. Pravesh Hurdeen, Rabbi Gilad
Friedman and Rabbi Hillel from Durban Jewish Community, and Pastor Deon Groupe of 12 Apostolic Church in Christ
participated in the dialogue as religious leaders.
Young people from several youth groups such as Avidan Ansari Youth Group, South African Hindu Maha Sabha, Sathya Sai
Baba and Netzer Durban Jewish Community also came to participate in it.
At the monthly dialogue, each religious leader delivered a speech under the title “How is my scripture being used as
instrument of peace?” providing an opportunity for them to deepen their understanding of other scriptures. Previously,
leaders of different faiths conducted a comparison with each scripture under the title, such as “Does my scripture have
a clear history and genealogy?”, “Is my scripture from Heaven?”, and “Does my scripture have prophecy and fulfillment?”
Having participated in the dialogue for several times, Mr. Pravesh Hurdeen the National Chairperson of World Hindu
Foundation said, “Just having people speaking about their scripture and you being present you are leaning first hand
from a fellow human being, hearing them speak from the heart you do feel the positivity,” and added, “the mere fact that
people are willing to share what they believe in and what they would like you to hear from them I think that is the most
positive things we can create in a forum like this.”
Shaik Nishaat Siddiqi of Ansari Tariqi who attended the dialogue for the first time mentioned that “As much as the
society creates an image of the differences in all religions, I stand firmly to say that all religions share a lot of
commonality.”
At present, HWPL is actualizing world peace through its WARP Offices all over the world. So far, HWPL WARP Offices have
been established to 115 in 61 countries and more and more religious leaders come to join the peace campaign. During the
World Interfaith Harmony Week, HWPL WARP Offices in the US, India, and Jordan also hosted Dialogue of Scripture.
Mr. Man Hee Lee who leads HWPL at the first line addressed, “Inciting conflict and doing whatever one pleases is not
what is from heaven. The religious leaders in the various nations that are participating in the peace work of HWPL are
becoming one by comparing scriptures without religious barriers in the World Alliance of Religions' Peace Offices.”
Besides WARP Office, HWPL has been working together with people from all social strata to work effectively and
efficiently make world peace reality. For example, HWPL is in cooperation with International Law experts to enact the
implementation of the Convention on the Renunciation and Cessation of War and International Armed Conflicts; educators
to designate HWPL Peace Academy for initiating and incorporating peace education into school curricular for students;
politicians to establish HWPL Peace Monuments and designate HWPL Day.
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