2012 EVENTS & UPDATES

In December, Dr. Iravani took part in a meeting with several Iranian, American and European scholars and religious leaders in Switzerland where they discussed the Abrahamic perspectives with regard to the issue of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). The discussion was a cross-cultural and inter-religious dialogue exploring different perspectives that Abrahamic traditions have towards the […]

After KAICIID’s inauguration ceremony in Vienna, Dr. Iravani travelled to Tunis and then to Egypt. In Cairo he visited “Meshyekhat Al Azhar” where he met with the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Dr. Ahmed Muhammad Al Tayeb. During this meeting, which took about two hours Dr. Iravani and Dr. Al Tayeb discussed different issues with regard […]

 Dr. Muhiddin Kabiri is the chairman of Tajikistan’s Islamic Renaissance Party, the only legal Islamic political party in the former Soviet Union. Dr. Iravani met Dr. Muhiddin Kabiri at the Catholic University of America, Oct 2012. During their lunch meeting Dr. Iravani and Dr. Kabiri discussed the ways they can promote peace and democracy in […]

On September there was a reception in the honor of the great Seon Master Jinje, the 79th Patriarch in the direct lineage to the Great Buddha, who is the spiritual leader of the Korean Buddhist at the Family House in Washington DC, in which CSIME was present. Ayatollah Iravani had opportunity to talk after Master […]

Dr. Iravani was invited to participate in the twelfth annual conference of The Council of Shi’a Muslim Scholars of North America which was entitled: “Muslims and Their Civil Role in the West towards Exemplary Participation and the Exercise of Civil Rights and Duties” The conference was held in Dearborn Michigan and included many religious leaders, […]

Dr. Iravani travelled to Vienna, Austria following the invitation of “The King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue” (KAICIID). The 26th November 2012 marked the date of the official opening of the KAICIID. Representatives of major religions and international organizations, as well as representatives of Austrian religions, politics and civil society […]

Dinner Reception for his Excellency Rabban Al Qas, haldean Bishop of Amadiyah and Zakho Kurdistan Region of Iraq at Dr. Iravani’s house, Washington DC, Feb 2012 – From left, Dr. Iravani, bishop Rabban Al Qas, Mr. David Laylin, member of Board of Directors at CSIME.

The Interfaith Council of Greater Sacramento honored Mohammad Mohanna at their Power of One event on May 10, 2012 in Sacramento, California. The event brought together many interfaith leaders to discuss the collective understanding of doing good unto others. Mohanna was honored for his work among the poor and disadvantaged, alongside Sister Libby Fernandez of […]