Headline
Leaders Discuss Faith Differences
by Ken Harris, The Badger Herald
An interfaith panel highlighted the differences and similarities between Christian, Jewish and Muslim beliefs in an afterlife in front of a group of about 40 students and faculty at the University of Wisconsin Thursday.
Laurie Zimmerman, a representative of the Congregation Shaarei Shamayim; Brent Christianson, director of the Lutheran Campus Center; […]
Video Lecture
DI Movie Series: Kingdom of Heaven»Movie
Kingdom of Heaven
“Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Speak the truth, always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong.”
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson
Kingdom of Heaven is an epic adventure about a common man who finds himself thrust into a […]
Panel
DI Speaker Series: Dialogue or Death by Leonard J. Swidler»
Speaker
Professor of Catholic Thought and Interreligious Dialogue at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Leonard J. Swidler is Professor of Catholic Thought and Interreligious Dialogue at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA where he has taught since 1966. He is the co-founder (in 1964, with Arlene Swidler) and Editor of the Journal of Ecumenical Studies (quarterly). He is also the […]
Event
Ramadan Fast Breaking Dinner (Iftar) at UW-Madison»We gathered and ate iftar dinner with 80 participants who are professors, instructors and students at UW-Madison.
When
Thursday, September 11, 2008
7:00 pm
Where
Red Gym-2nd Floor (MCC Lounge)
Presentation
Presentation: “Pillars of Islam” at First Unitarian Society»
A few DI members visited First Unitarian Society and gave a presentation on the “Pillars of Islam“. We shared ashura (Noah’s Pudding) and gave some little gifts to children.
The purpose of this event was to facilitate understanding of the culture of Islam and to find the similarities in our values and beliefs.
This event was a […]
Conference
2nd International Conference on Islam: Dialogue vs Conflict - Islam in the Age of Globalization»
ICI ‘06 was held on the campus of University of Wisconsin-Madison during March 24 - 26, 2006. The objective of the conference is to create an environment for the discussion of various aspects of Islam in an academic setting and in a non-speculative way. The conference serves the purpose of bringing together academics, scholars and […]
