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Scholars agree that Mohammad’s Islam drew its power from its "Universalist" nature. In spite of their internecine bickering over succession and other faults all Islamic leaders who followed Mohammad instinctively retained this critical quality. This Universalist quality allowed people from multitudes of cultures to accept Islam. At its core, Mohammad’s religion opened its doors to anyone willing to make a simple declaration of faith: "I proclaim that there is no god but God, and I proclaim that Mohammad is the messenger of God". It is that simple. And it is powerful. Mohammad put very few restrictions on his followers. All that he asked of us is to accept the basic truth that we are all united by the worship of God, the one and indivisible. Of course, he added a few other activities like prayer, zakat, fast, and hajj. |
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One day last spring, my friend Hind Kabawat and I were enjoying the first new rays of a warm sun in her beautiful home. Hind was musing about her other home in Damascus where she was born and raised and from where she decided to devote herself to world wide peace activism. |
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كم كان العنوان موفقا! فلا جدال في دور المرأة في التأسيس لعالم حضاري يسوده الحب والسلام، كما لا جدال في دور المرأة في تنشئة الأجيال على هذه القيم الخالدة، إنها نبع تلك القيم التي دعت إليها الأديان والفلاسفة، وهي ملاذها. |
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كلمة السيدة هند عبود قبوات خلال
افتتاح ورشة عمل |
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