Editorial

Advocating tolerance, peace and love

Toronto based Canadian Intercultural Dialogue Center has for several years, been leading the charge in blanketing our nation with the message of understanding one another through interaction and understanding.

The objectives of the organisation have been achieved largely due to the support we have received from other organisations and/or individuals who have seen value in the projects of the organisation. We have facilitated many events over the last several years aimed at uniting Canadian of various backgrounds and beliefs though engaging projects including conferences, cultural exhibitions, religious excursions and youth/family based long term initiatives.

The success of the activities implemented by the CIDC owe much to those people who have lead their communities to engage in intercultural/interfaith activities and support the CIDC when invited to embrace events fusing Canadian.

In this first annual report of Dialogue of Canada some of these issues will be explored by a series of articles, events news, book review, an interview, a guest writer column, and future events.

Eminent philosopher and mystical poet of Islam, Mawlana Jalaladdin Rumi (1207-1273 CE) advocated tolerance, peace, reason and access to knowledge through love. His work and thought remain universally relevant today. With this in mind, the CIDC has organised two huge tributes dedicated to Rumi in 2007 that were whirling dervishes and symposium. The performance by the musicians and whirling dervishes was extremely impressive. Over 15 professors came to speak about Mewlana with our invitation that left highly academic literate to Canadian intellectual environment.

Our traditional Noah Pudding’s activity will take place from January 20 to first week of February. We will distribute 6666 cases Noah Pudding across the GTA from churches hospitals to shelters in order to establish peace and love with remembrance that oldest tradition.

The CIDC would like to invite you to join the 3rd Annual Intercultural Study tour to Turkey. This is the third year we are organising such a study tour program and the tour is getting more and more popular every year. We have very limited seat available.

CIDC grew in 2007, and improved its quality of service and add new events, programs. Hopefully, CIDC will serve in new office in 2008 located Yonge and Sheppard.

Dialogue only exists with supporters who believe in tolerance, peace and love.