United Nations Human Rights Project

Solidarity: The Way to Peace and International Cooperation for Human Rights, Human Responsibility and Spirituality

Imagine a room of mirrors, reflecting back upon each of us and within each of our hearts, magnifying the compassion, valuing each other, allowing peace to resonate within and beyond each of us. Imagine that we represent solidarity, standing together with the clear intention that we act in unity toward supporting global peace. We are ere to carry this image within our hearts, reflect it everywhere we go and truly live the essential truth that humankind is responsible for human rights and spirituality is the vehicle for achieving that goal.

This is the general message of the work of the International Association of Sufism as a Department of Public Information for the United Nations. This work falls in the domain of humanitarian intervention as a role for civil society in that each of us at the International Association of Sufism is working for one goal of peace. We work in prisons, we work with the homeless, we work with mothers and children dying from the AIDS epidemic, and we pray for peace. We represent humanitarian intervention by actively engaging in the resolution of critical conflicts, we stand between the offenders and the offendees and serve to provide an alternative, namely, solidarity in peace. As such, each of us stands as the bridge of resolution, the bridge of understanding and knowledge.

The work of the International Association of Sufism with the United Nations invites each of us to our common point of understanding each other, namely, knowledge. As the world suffers from overcrowding, deforestation, pollution, technological melt downs, competition, violence, HIV, poverty, hunger to name a few current human conditions that the majority of the world struggles under. The world suffers as the individual suffers, as the society suffers. The individual spirit reflects the collective spirit. Sufism offers the world a comprehensive insurance plan - no deductible necessary. It is a plan that is inclusive and brings meaning rather than rhetoric. It acknowledges the significance of life and the value of peace for all humanity.
The Sufi strives in every moment to be in service to Divine, in this service is the lived expression of inner peace and presence of heart. In this service is the lived expression of compassion, human rights, and responsibility. The intention in action leads to healing, change, communication, and understanding.

With knowledge, we can stand together in solidarity and create a civilized world of peace and cooperation built on mutual respect and responsibility. Imagine a reality of solidarity in peace among us.

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