Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon had a vision at age 15 of being called by Jesus Christ to unite Christianity and all religions, heal divisions among humanity, and comfort God's grieving heart. Over his 92-year life, he faced immense persecution but built a global religious movement and advocated for peace between all peoples and nations through interfaith harmony and cross-cultural marriage blessing ceremonies.
A handbook for Universal Peace Federation Ambassadors for Peace. The Universal Peace Federation is a global network of individuals and organizations dedicated to building a world of peace centered on universal spiritual and moral values along with principles of good governance. See www.upf.org
Sermon Delivered by Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba); Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
In accordance with Divine promise a messenger of God was sent in this age to safeguard the teaching of Islam
The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) elucidated that this is not the age of Jihad of the sword
Islam is replete with the teaching of love and peace and today this teachings needs to be propagated.
A true Muslim knows that God is Salam (the Source of Peace) and wishes security for His creation.
God has enabled us to accept the Promised Messiah and has thus chosen us to spread this beautiful teaching in the world.
It is the responsibility of Ahmadis to try to save the world from falling in fire and to work towards peace and security
A handbook for Universal Peace Federation Ambassadors for Peace. The Universal Peace Federation is a global network of individuals and organizations dedicated to building a world of peace centered on universal spiritual and moral values along with principles of good governance. See www.upf.org
Sermon Delivered by Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba); Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
In accordance with Divine promise a messenger of God was sent in this age to safeguard the teaching of Islam
The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) elucidated that this is not the age of Jihad of the sword
Islam is replete with the teaching of love and peace and today this teachings needs to be propagated.
A true Muslim knows that God is Salam (the Source of Peace) and wishes security for His creation.
God has enabled us to accept the Promised Messiah and has thus chosen us to spread this beautiful teaching in the world.
It is the responsibility of Ahmadis to try to save the world from falling in fire and to work towards peace and security
Get an insight of what Islam is, enhance your knowledge on the 5 pillars and understand the similarities between the 3 Abrahamic faiths - Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Islam (/ˈɪslɑːm/;[note 1] Arabic: الإسلام, al-ʾIslām IPA: [alʔisˈlaːm] ( listen);[note 2] historically called Muhammadanism in non-Islamic Anglophone societies)[note 3] is a monotheistic and Abrahamic religion articulated by the Qur'an, a religious text considered by its adherents to be the verbatim word of God (Allāh), and, for the vast majority of adherents, by the teachings and normative example (called the sunnah, composed of accounts called hadith) of Muhammad (c. 570–8 June 632 CE). An adherent of Islam is called a Muslim (sometimes spelled "Moslem").[2] Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable[3] and that the purpose of existence is to worship God.[4] Nearly all Muslims consider Muhammad to be the last prophet of God.
Muslims also believe that Islam is the complete and universal version of a primordial faith that was revealed many times before through prophets including Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus.[5] As for the Qur'an, Muslims consider it to be both the unaltered and the final revelation of God.[6] Religious concepts and practices include the five pillars of Islam, which are obligatory acts of worship, and following Islamic law, which touches on virtually every aspect of life and society, from banking and welfare to the status of women and the environment.[7][8]
Islam began in the early-7th century. Originating in Mecca, it quickly spread in the Arabian peninsula and by the 8th century the Islamic empire was extended from Iberia in the west to the Indus river in the east. The Islamic Golden Age refers to the period traditionally dated from the 8th century to the 13th century when much of the historically Islamic world was experiencing a scientific, economic and cultural flourishing.[9][10][11] The expansion of the Muslim world involved various caliphates and empires, traders and conversion to Islam by missionary activities.
Get an insight of what Islam is, enhance your knowledge on the 5 pillars and understand the similarities between the 3 Abrahamic faiths - Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Islam (/ˈɪslɑːm/;[note 1] Arabic: الإسلام, al-ʾIslām IPA: [alʔisˈlaːm] ( listen);[note 2] historically called Muhammadanism in non-Islamic Anglophone societies)[note 3] is a monotheistic and Abrahamic religion articulated by the Qur'an, a religious text considered by its adherents to be the verbatim word of God (Allāh), and, for the vast majority of adherents, by the teachings and normative example (called the sunnah, composed of accounts called hadith) of Muhammad (c. 570–8 June 632 CE). An adherent of Islam is called a Muslim (sometimes spelled "Moslem").[2] Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable[3] and that the purpose of existence is to worship God.[4] Nearly all Muslims consider Muhammad to be the last prophet of God.
Muslims also believe that Islam is the complete and universal version of a primordial faith that was revealed many times before through prophets including Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus.[5] As for the Qur'an, Muslims consider it to be both the unaltered and the final revelation of God.[6] Religious concepts and practices include the five pillars of Islam, which are obligatory acts of worship, and following Islamic law, which touches on virtually every aspect of life and society, from banking and welfare to the status of women and the environment.[7][8]
Islam began in the early-7th century. Originating in Mecca, it quickly spread in the Arabian peninsula and by the 8th century the Islamic empire was extended from Iberia in the west to the Indus river in the east. The Islamic Golden Age refers to the period traditionally dated from the 8th century to the 13th century when much of the historically Islamic world was experiencing a scientific, economic and cultural flourishing.[9][10][11] The expansion of the Muslim world involved various caliphates and empires, traders and conversion to Islam by missionary activities.
Celebrations of the UN International Day of Peace, September 21, 2012, organized by chapters of the Universal Peace Federation. Theme: "Sustainable Peace for a Sustainable Future." Sustainable Peace...
This year, world leaders, together with civil society, local authorities and the private sector, met in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development to renew political commitment to long term sustainable development.
It is in the context of the Rio+20 Conference that “Sustainable Peace for a Sustainable Future” is the theme chosen for this year's observance of the International day of Peace.
There can be no sustainable future without a sustainable peace. Sustainable peace must be built on sustainable development.
...From Sustainable Development...
The root causes of many conflicts are directly related to or fuelled by valuable natural resources, such as diamonds, gold, oil, timber or water. Addressing the ownership, control and management of natural resources is crucial to maintaining security and restoring the economy in post-conflict countries.
Good natural resource management can play a central role in building sustainable peace in post-conflict societies.
...For a Sustainable Future
The International Day of Peace offers people globally a shared date to think about how, individually, they can contribute to ensuring that natural resources are managed in a sustainable manner, thus reducing potential for disputes, and paving the road to a sustainable future, the "Future We Want." The United Nations set the theme for this year's observance as Sustainable Peace for a Sustainable Future. Peace has its foundation in the quality of human character and human relationships. And it has been our shared moral and spiritual traditions that, throughout millennia, have taught us of our common origins, purpose and destiny. Lasting peace and the growth in solidarity among the whole human family comes from the recognition that we are all brothers and sisters. We are to live as one family under God. UPF calls upon the United Nations community, governments, and civil society to consider that the need for sustainable development, environmental stewardship, and social justice are but symptoms of a deeper human problem: we have not learned to live as one family, sharing this planet and caring for the natural world placed at our disposal by a loving Creator;
UPF affirms the value of democracy and free market economies. Corporations have a strong interest in promoting sustainable development and the development of a green economy because this is in everyone’s best interest.
UPF affirms that the family is the primary unit of society, the foundation of moral, spiritual, social, and political education. Families may be great allies in the effort to achieve sustainable development.
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Introduction to
Unification Movement Symbols & Traditions
some glimpses of Spiritual World Spiritual history done in our time.
Updated Jan 2023.
God Bless you all. :-)
Lin Yutang (Lín Yǔtāng, 林语堂), 1895-1976, was a renowned Chinese philosopher, philologist, translator, political spokesperson, inventor, novelist and interpreter of Chinese culture for Western readers.
His struggle to accommodate his cultural heritage of Confucianism, Taoism and Chinese folklore with his Christian properly basic beliefs lasted almost a half-a-century.
Ironically, during this period, while he became the darling of American readers, his writing suffered condemnation in China for his anti-communist stance.
Following the demise of Deng Xiaoping’s influence in the mid-1990s, Lin has once again become popular in China including the production of a 44 episode television series in Hong Kong based on his novel Moment in Peking.
Lin’s books, The Importance of Living and From Pagan to Christian bear witness to his faith dilemma whilst his speeches on ‘The Chinese Cultural Heritage’, ‘Materialism As a Faith’ and ‘Chinese Humanism and the Modern World’ impart a wisdom forgotten by both Eastern and Western cultures in their race to embrace materialist values.
This paper focuses on these three speeches to give insight into the impact of religion on one prominent East Asian person without making assumptions about the effect of religion on East Asia as a whole.
THE ROHINGYA CRISIS The Shameful Global Response to Genocide and the Assault on Religious Freedom
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THE ROHINGYA CRISIS
The Shameful Global Response to Genocide
and the Assault on Religious Freedom
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7. I have lived my life with
just one thought:
I wanted to bring about a
world of peace, a world
where there are no wars
and where all humankind
lives in love.
8. After graduating high school he joined other churches,
first as a member then later as a Sunday School
teacher.
9. But when he shared his mission from God, no one
listened. In the communist North, he was soon
arrested.
10. For almost 3 years he was in the Heungnam labor
camp, where 75% of the men died of starvation and
exhaustion.
11. The camp and all its surviving prisoners were liberated
by UN forces of sixteen nations in the autumn of 1950.
12. By now virtually all Koreans were now refugees. His
small group of early followers had been scattered and
lost.
13. The long years of separation and hardship proved too
much for his family, which was tragically broken apart.
14. He has nothing to eat, and only one set of clothes. With
nowhere to live, he builds a mud shack on a lonely hill.
15. When he says that one day world will come to Korea to
learn peace, even his friends think he might be crazy.
16. The place was built of mud and
stone; the rain leaked through the
roof. Then a young man came in.
“Christianity and all religions of the
world can be unified,” he said.
But I was suspicious. “You can‟t
even gather a handful of people,” I
Hyun Shil Kang thought.
A Protestant missionary who hoped to
bring Sun Myung Moon into her own
church, but joined him instead.
19. Against all the odds, the church began to grow as word spread
about the „man teaching strange things‟ in the shack on a hill.
20. At the end of the War, he moved to Seoul. When many
students from major universities joined him, authorities were
alarmed.
21. Rev. Moon and others were jailed on charges of „draft
evasion‟ amid sensational media coverage.
22. When he was found “not guilty” three months later, the
same papers buried the story deep on an inside page.
23. Koreans have a saying that a
person insulted by others
lives a long time.
If I were to live in proportion
to the insults I have received,
I could live another 100 years.
My stomach has been filled,
not with food, but with insults.
24. In 1960, he married Hak Ja Han, the young daughter of
an early disciple, and his family began to grow.
25. Teaching that God‟s ideal is realized through the
family, he began to bless his followers in marriage.
27. The church rapidly spread to major cities, and he
would spend most of the year visiting members and
preaching.
28. But in the summer, they would still go back to the
country to help rural families plant the rice.
29. He knew he had to work beyond Korea and began to
send out missionaries.
30. to Japan and the USA, and then to 40 and 120
countries.
31. The publication of the Divine Principle in English meant that
the movement and its message could spread around the
world.
32. In 1971 he came to America, answering God‟s call
to help it once again become „One nation under God.‟
33. His arrival energized the small group of American
disciples that had been created by early missionaries.
34. With the help of hundreds of new members he began a
high-profile campaign, “The Day of Hope.”
35. Americans have lost the love
that they received from God.
Unless America recovers its
spirit, it has no future.
I came to awaken your spirit
and to save America from
destruction. Repent! You must
repent and return to God.
36. Though he spoke almost no English, with an interpreter he
embarked on a 7-city tour of the US, starting in New York.
37. He also invested for the unity of the sciences, the
arts, the development of the media, and much more.
38. “I greatly appreciated Rev. Moon‟s
deep concern for the present
predicament of mankind. He says
intellectuals have an urgent
responsibility in the task of rebuilding
society, with values as the supreme
Nobel Laureate Sir John Eccles [1903-97] guide.”
Chairman, International Conference
on the Unity of the Sciences
39. He declared “God‟s Hope for America” in front of
300,000 people at the Washington Monument.
40. And created the Unification Theological Seminary as a
leading interfaith center of learning.
41. He took time to show the students how to meet God
away from their books while fishing or just mending nets.
42. He started newspapers that exposed communism and
secular humanism. Americans took notice.
43. “Rev. Moon came to America to
launch his ministry based on
our most cherished values. Our
religious institutions, regardless
of denomination, must play a
pivotal role in these tasks.”
Gen. Alexander Haig,
Supreme Commander of NATO ,1975-79, and US Secretary of
State, 1981-82
44. He never shied away from controversy, urging the
United States during the Watergate era to „Forgive, love
and unite.‟
46. US Congressman Donald Fraser falsely accused the
movement of working for the Korean CIA.
47. Eventually Rev. Moon and others were indicted by a
grand jury. He had the choice to leave the country or
face trial.
48. All I did was in order to
reestablish the morality of an
America that had fallen into
degradation and restore it in
line with God's will.
But I was accused of not
paying my taxes. I was well
past my 60th birthday at the
time.
49. He was sent to jail at age 64 for allegedly not paying just
$7,000 in taxes, despite having invested millions in the USA.
50. 40 religious groups filed amici briefs, saying that as the
head of a church, Rev. Moon was treated unfairly.
51. “I know who the real Rev. Moon is.
He is a man with an immense
heart, a heart with room to love all
human beings, a heart big enough
to love sinners who injure him.”
Dr. Morton Kaplan, University
of Chicago,
after visiting Rev. Moon in
prison
52. Painfully, that same year the Moons‟ second
son, Heung Jin, was killed in a car accident at the age
of 17.
55. By the time he was
released, public opinion had
turned in his favor. A U.S.
senator concluded:
“Injustice, not justice has been
served in the case of Rev. Sun
Myung Moon.”
Senator Orrin G.
Hatch, Chairman,
Judiciary Subcommittee, United
States Senate
56. Encouraged by many faith leaders who supported him in
prison, he worked to end the conflict of communism and
democracy.
58. In 1990, he went to Moscow and began a friendship with
President Mikhail and Mrs. Raisa Gorbachev.
59. “Mr. President, you did a great
thing," I told him. "You gave up
your post as General
Secretary of the Soviet
Union, but now you have
become the president of
peace.
Because of your wisdom and
courage, we have the
possibility to bring world
peace.”
60. A year later, he returned to Pyongyang after 40 years to
reconcile with Kim Il Sung, the man who had once tried to kill
him.
61. Later the Little Angels dancers brought his message of
peace and hope to Moscow and Pyongyang.
62. Many foreigners knew about
Korea only as a poor country
that had fought a terrible war.
I wanted to show them the
beautiful dances of Korea so
that they would realize that
the Korean people are a
people of culture.
63. When the first Gulf War began, he reached out to
Muslim leaders urging them to join with him to make
peace.
64. As the world was about to be
swept up in the vortex of war, I
came to the conclusion that
Christian and Muslim leaders
should meet and stop this
conflict.
I immediately began
contacting people on the two
sides.
65. The World Peace Blessing ceremonies grew to include
people of all races, religions, and nations.
66. Mrs. Hak Ja Han Moon launched the Women‟s Federation for
World Peace (WFWP) on a peace tour with George & Barbara
Bush.
67. The WFWP‟s many service and educational projects
are helping make the lives of the world‟s children better.
68. Young people of different religions have been holding
interfaith service programs with Religious Youth Service for
25 years.
69. He rescued the University of Bridgeport from
bankruptcy, turning it into a thriving institution with students
from around the world.
70. But then came the 1990s Asian financial crisis threatening
many businesses that had previously supported his work.
71. Properties in South America planned for education and a
“peace community” came under arbitrary government
investigation.
72. The challenge of public life placed great stress on the
entire family. The Moons lost yet another son in a tragic
accident.
73. At the age of eighty, many men would have given up
or simply retired. . .
84. Father and Mother Moon challenged everyone, from
volunteers to Presidents, to help build peace by 2013.
85. “Rev. Moon‟s call for peace
through religion is something of
great nuance and profundity. We
are deeply fortunate for the
chance to hear him and observe
his life-long struggle for world
peace.”
H. E. Abdurrahman Wahid,
President of Indonesia,1999-2001
86. Three generations of the Moon family visited a further
700 cities on later international peace tours.
87. Then Ambassadors of Peace took the Peace Tour to
12,000 more locations worldwide.
88. In June 2006, the Cheon Jeong Goong Peace Palace
was opened in Korea, heralding the coming age of
peace.
112. If we can all shine as we
live such glowing lives,
there will be no chance
for the shadow of sin to
be cast.
113. We don't know the time
when morning becomes
noon. Neither do we know
the time that evening
becomes night.
Though we may not know
it, there is clearly heavenly
fortune, which the One who
created this world uses to
conduct His providence.
114. Father and Mother Moon and their family have always
taught that the world of peace –a kingdom of God– can
start to emerge by 2013.