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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA -- On Easter Sunday, March 31, 2002, the Institute for Sufi Studies hosted an interfaith discussion entitled "Reflections: Inner Peace and Global Healing" to address the rising concern of promoting peace through spirituality. The event was moderated by award-winning journalist Mr. Glenn Pascall and panelists were Shah Nazar Seyyed Dr. Ali Kianfar, Dr. James Conlon, and Rabbi Rami Shapiro. The event was covered by NBC 3 News and the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Shah
Nazar Seyyed Dr. Ali Kianfar is the co-founder
and co-director of the International Association of Sufism
and the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Sufism: An Inquiry. The spiritual son of Uwaiysi Sufi Master Moulana Shah
Maghsoud, Seyyed Dr. Kianfar began his study and devotion
to the discipline of Sufism in his twenties. Seyyed Dr.
Kianfar has taught Sufism and Islamic Philosophy for over
forty years. In addition, Seyyed Dr. Kianfar has given
lectures and taught classes nationally as well as internationally.
This includes speaking engagements at the United Nations,
UNESCO, the University of California, Berkeley, the California
Institute of Integral Studies, and the United Religions
Initiative. Among his books are: The Zekr; History
of the Robe; and An Introduction to Religion.
In addition, Seyyed Dr. Kianfar publishes regularly in Sufism: An Inquiry.
Dr.
James Conlon is Associate Professor of Spirituality
at Holy Names College. Dr. Conlon holds degrees in chemistry,
theology, social science and culture and spirituality.
He is the author of several books, including Geo-Justice:
A Preferential Option for the Earth, Earth Story, and Sacred Story and Lyrics for Re-Creation: A
Language for the Music of the Universe. Dr. Conlon
is an Adjunct Faculty member at Graduate Theological Union
and Union Institute-Graduate School, as well as a Director/Chairperson,
Sophia Center. 
Mr.
Glenn Pascall is Senior Fellow at the Institute
for Public Policy and Management, Daniel J. Evans School
of Public Affairs, University of Washington. He is economics
columnist for the Puget Sound Business Journal, and previously
held the same post at the Seattle Times, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
and the Seattle Weekly. Mr. Pascall has taught at the
University of Virginia, Sacramento State University and
Seattle Pacific University as well as the University of
Washington. Pascall is author of The Trillion Dollar
Budget (University of Washington Press, 1985) and
(with Robert Lamson) Beyond Guns and Butter (MacMillan,
1991).
Rabbi
Rami Shapiro is widely regarded as one of the
most creative voices in contemporary American Judaism.
Among his most popular books are Wisdom of the Jewish
Sages, Minyan, 10 Principles for Living Life with Integrity,
The Way of Solomon, and Proverbs. Rabbi Shapiro
is currently president and senior rabbi of Metivta, a
center for contemplative Judaism headquartered in Los
Angeles, CA. As a congregational rabbi for over 20 years
and a leadership coach and management consultant for over
15 years he has brought his entrepreneurial spirit to
bear on Jewish life, thought, and spiritual practice to
help Jewish leaders attain the cutting edge possibilities
of 21st century Judaism.