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  • 22 Aug 2011
    American Muslim leader coming to Scotland

    Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf, the American Muslim leader, author and activist at the centre of the recent storm about plans to build an Islamic community centre near Ground Zero in New York, arrives Scotlan

  • 8 Aug 2011
    'Clash of civilisations' foolish and wrong, says commentator

    Yasmin Alibhai Brown says that the idea of a fundamental clash between monolithic Islam and Western democracy suits extremists on all sides.

  • 5 Aug 2011
    Festival looks to peace possibilities post-9/11

    With the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks less than a month away, the Festival of Spirituality and Peace in Edinburgh is seeking to reawaken a spirit of hope for people of different belief and cultural backgrounds who want to work for a peaceful future.

  • 13 Jul 2011
    Celebrating spirituality and peace after 9/11

    The Festival of Spirituality and Peace, which runs this year in Edinburgh from 6 - 29 August 2011, seeks to reawaken the heart of the Edinburgh festival for people who, ten years after 9/11, want to work together for a peaceful future. The director, Donald Reid, introduces its main theme.

  • 3 May 2011
    Justice not war: A 9/11 victim's relative's view

    "I and my group of 9/11 victims' relatives hope we will take this opportunity to restore the US to the path of justice, not war," says Andrea LeBlanc in a moving article for the Guardian newspaper entitled 'America after Osama bin Laden'.

  • 11 Sep 2010
    A choice of 9/11s

    A collage of four alternative 9/11s can potentially serve as a map quest, showing us different pathways to resolving the tussle between co-existence and conflict, faith and reason, says Rajni Baksh.

  • 10 Sep 2010
    The Cross, the mosque and Ground Zero

    Every religion has their bad apples; entire orchards can become diseased, says Massachusetts Bible Society chief executive Anne Robertson. That's why we need to encourage and discover faithful living. As for the Islamic Cultural Center near Ground Zero, this will be a test of living together, she suggests.

  • 13 Aug 2010
    Cordova House and Mosque at Ground Zero

    The building of Cordova House and Mosque near Ground Zero in New York, where many lost their lives on 9/11, has become a subject of heated debate. Michael Kinnamon, who heads up the National Council of Churches USA, cuts through the controversy to make a directly Christian appeal for neighbourly love.

  • 8 Jul 2010
    Government faces scrutiny over inquiry into complicity in torture

    The UK government is facing strong calls to ensure that its inquiry into UK complicity in torture and other violations since 9/11 is independent and transparent.

  • 21 Sep 2009
    Palestinians and Israelis share joint peace meal and recall 9/11

    Palestinians, Israelis and people from other nationalities have shared bread in a 'peace meal' to commemorate the 9/11 terror attacks and to seek an end to war and violence in their own homeland and across the world.