Event Archive
Nahid Angha, Ph.D., co-founder of IAS and founder of Sufi Women Organization, spends a week in Cortona, Italy with scientists discussing the bridge between science and religion at the International Conference on Science and Spirituality.
March 2009 — Peacebuilding Symposium at the War Memorial Veterans Building Hosted by the Rotary Club of San Francisco, United Nations Association of San Francisco and United Nations University Office in New York. Dr. Nahid Angha was among the presenters on the Religion Panel, which focused on ways to promote interfaith cooperation and respect for religious differences and how to end violence in the name of religion.
August 2009 — Bridges Over Troubled Waters. http://www.cortona.ethz.ch/index_EN
Co-founder of IAS meets with the Dalai Lama. San Francisco, California, United States: In a recent private meeting, His Holiness Dalai Lama expressed his sorrow about the conflict between Sunnis and Shi’as. “Why,” asked the Dalai Lama, “are two groups from the same religion fighting against one another?”
ISS Hosts Interfaith Discussion Promoting Peace from the Abrahamic Traditions at the San Francisco Presidio. San Francisco, California, United States
IAS Director Represents Islam and Sufism in Thanksgiving World Assembly at the Texas Center for World Thanksgiving. Dallas, Texas, United States
IAS Director Participates in UNESCO International Congress on Inter-religious Dialogue and the Culture of Peace. Tashkent, Uzbekistan
IAS Co-sponsors Australian Sufi Conference, a gathering of Sufis from Around the World. Sydney, Australia
IAS Hosts Humanitarian Workshop at the 53rd Annual United Nations DPI/NGO Conference at the UN Headquarters New York City, New York, United States
IAS Named a Messenger of UNESCO’s Manifesto 2000 for Contributing to a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence. Paris, France
IAS Launches Mysticism in the Modern World Series. Seattle, Washington, United States
Sufi Women Organization Delegates Represent Sufism and Islam at the Parliament of the World’s Religions. Cape Town, South Africa
IAS Hosts Dinner To Honor Professor Huston Smith with Members of the Northern California Interfaith Community. San Francisco, California, United States
