Second Day of International Interfaith Conference
Intense discussions on Religious Unity, Gender Discrimination,
Climate change and Sustainable Development held
Lucknow, 15 July : Star studded with dignitaries, policy makers and religious gurus, the three day International Interfaith Conference organized by Lucknow’s City Montessori School, Asharfabad Campus welcomed the guests on the second day of its occurrence at CMS Kanpur Road Auditorium. Chief Guest, Dr Dinesh Sharma, former Deputy Chief Minister of U.P., lit the lamp of learning to inaugurate the day’s programme along with Guests of Honour, Mr Sudhanshu Trivedi, Member of Rajya Sabha and Mr Prabhu Chawla, Senior Journalist. The presence of these renowned persons and Religious Heads of various religions added gravity to the international conference. Addressing the audience, Dr Dinesh Sharma said that Religion has an important role to play in the world and its work is to spread peace, unity, harmony and brotherhood among mankind. Such Conferences must be organized in large numbers so that their message of world unity and world peace is propagated far and wide. It may be mentioned that learned scholars, philosophers, religious heads and educationists are participating in this International Inter-Faith Conference.
    Speaking on the second day of this Conference, Special Guest of Honour, Mr Sudhanshu Trivedi said that our ancient Indian culture has always preached the lesson of Oneness of Mankind and Mutual Respect for all the Religions of the World which leads to world peace and harmony. Senior journalist, Mr Prabhu Chawla expressed the view that India is recognized as the world’s most powerful democracy because of its rich culture based on unity in diversity and Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam. It is conferences like these which will lead to spiritual awakening and unity and they must be held frequently in different places. Dr Justice Adel Omar Sherif, Deputy Chief Justice, Constitutional Court of Egypt opined that justice and equality must go hand in hand with religion, human rights must not be suppressed and women and children must be respected for their rights. 
    Earlier, CMS Founder, Renowned Educationist Dr Jagdish Gandhi welcomed the renowned scholars and dignitaries from various parts of India and abroad saying that the value and importance of education lies in spreading peace, harmony and enlightenment in society so that the whole generation has a good and strong character. We must encourage and empower the children to become morally good and spiritually strong, only then can we expect the human race to progress as a whole and contribute to the well being and prosperity of the planet. CMS President Prof Geeta Gandhi Kingdon said that a visionary and wholesome education will create a better world for the future and remove the problems of climate change, environmental degradation, conflict and chaos from society.
    Panel discussions were held on different topics like climate change, social justice, education, gender discrimination and other meaningful topics. The first panel discussion was held on ‘Religion and Conflict’ in which the participants included Maharishi Brighu Peetadeshwar Pujya Gurudev Goswami Sushil Maharaj Ji, Maulana Dr Syed Kalbe Jawad Naqvi, Mr. Muazzam Naik and Rabbi Ezekiel Isaac Malekar who delivered their enlightening talks and expressed their views. In another panel discussion, the topic was ‘Religion. Gender and Education’ in which the participants were Mr Afzal Mohammad Farooqui Safvi, Ms. Lalitha Kumaramangalam, Hazrat Syed Naseruddin Chishty and Reverend Father Sebastian Kollithanam. The moderator of the discussion was senior journalist Mr Rahul Dev. Similarly other topics like ‘Religion, the Climate Crisis and sustainable Development,’ ‘Role of Media and Parliamentarians in Inter-faith Dialogue,’ ‘The Role of Judicial and Legal Traditions in Enhancing Inter-Faith Dialogue,’ were discussed at the panel discussions, throwing new light on various religious and social issues.
    The discussion and dialogue will continue tomorrow also and at the end of the afternoon session on 16 July, the closing ceremony will be held.  

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