ABRAHAM DAY AT NOTRE DAME UNI
The very interesting ABRAHAM DAY, which was held at Fremantle Notre Dame University for the first time last year, will be held on September 14 at 2.30 pm.
It will celebrate the religious traditions of Christianity, Judaism and Islam, that share a common origin in Abraham.
Although I am a non-believer I really liked last year’s event and the fascinating discussions, so am looking forward to this one.
Welcoming and Standing Up for the Other is the theme of the afternoon that will be debated by Archbishop Timothy Costello, Sheik Muhammad Agherdien and Rabbi Dovid Freilich. There will also be a Q&A.
It is at the Drillhall in Mouat Street and a free event, but needs RSVP: http://www.nd.edu.au/events/abrahamday
I would like to know why religions are talking about equality, but are really very patriarchal. There are no female Imams, and a female will never be the Pope as long as the circle of Cardinals is made up of males only.
The other question I have is why religious scripts are so ambiguous that they can be misinterpreted by fanatics, who claim God/Allah wants them to kill in his name.
Roel Loopers
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I hope it is lot better than last year’s.
I had hoped to get more than the classic interfaith message of the 3 faith’s sharing the love!
The Islamic Imam was particularly difficult to listen too, to stay focussed, due his style of repeating each sentence in Egyptian then English, and the dozens of references to history that only a Muslim would comprehend. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to hear him, there is much to learn, but I just switched off, it was too difficult to maintain focus.
Rabbis are always good for a funny story or Yiddish joke!
The Catholic Bishop just delivered a typical dry sermon!
Paul
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