A Platform for Comparative Studies on Religious Scripture: WARP Office from 130 Countries

A STEP TOWARDS PEACE A Platform for Comparative Studies on Religious Scripture: WARP Office from 130 Countries WARP OFFICE Swami Veetamohananda manheelee peace biography Man Hee Lee biography Imam of Finland Islam Community Imam Anas Hajjar HWPL WARP Office HWPL Comparative Studies

Where does war come from? Unfortunately, 80 percent of the causes of the war are religion.

Scholars say that violent acts of extremism have the basis on the misinterpretation of religious scripture as means to mobilize the public and incite angers in the mass number of people.

Imam Anas Hajjar, Head Imam of Finland Islam Community, pays a closer attention to religious scripture and points out that “Because many people interpret the scripture with their own thoughts and ideologies without correctly knowing what is the will of God inside the scripture, and if laymen continue to interpret without true knowledge and study, the problems caused by extremists will continue to occur.”

So, what can we do?

The role of leaders in reflecting on religion through scripture to discourage religion as means of violent conflicts
A STEP TOWARDS PEACE A Platform for Comparative Studies on Religious Scripture: WARP Office from 130 Countries WARP OFFICE Swami Veetamohananda manheelee peace biography Man Hee Lee biography Imam of Finland Islam Community Imam Anas Hajjar HWPL WARP Office HWPL Comparative Studies

The role of religious leaders is so important. Regarding the role of religious leaders, Imam Anas Hajjar, Head Imam of Finland Islam Community emphasized, “Although political extremism and the hate-speech have been in the rise in Europe, NGOs have a critical role in resisting and opposing this type of breakdown in respect of the laws of religious freedom, peace and harmony in the country. The best way to combat all types of extremism is knowledge and this part of the job is given to scholars and religious leaders.”

“In order to find the truth all the humanity wants religious leaders need to put away the thoughts that only my religion is the best and do the comparative work based on Scriptures without dividing themselves and saying ‘your religion’, ‘my religion’,” said Swami Veetamohananda, Swami (religious leader in Hinduism) of Ramakrishna Veda center.

BIG Questions: “Is what I know always right? Is the other religion always wrong? Or is there something in that religion that mine doesn’t have?”

Let us find the best truth and achieve the ultimate value of peace. 🙂

Reference:
http://www.hwpl.kr/en/news/view/200130459/0/WARPofficeSpecialArticle

Peace is up to you :0 Good luck!