Peaceful Interfaith Dialogue

they subscribe to or the community they identify with, each individual and their life experiences can be a valuable source of wisdom for us. We can grow in wisdom by learning lessons from anything and everything in the universe, provided we have the right attitude and are ready to accept any good thing regardless of its source. For a God-oriented person, everything can provide food for his soul. Like a tree, he keeps on growing. His personality keeps developing, moving towards perfection. LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER Religion is an issue of conviction. When I say that I believe in a particular religion, it means that I take this religion as the Truth, with a capital ‘T’. Without doing this, I cannot have a firm conviction in my mind. If religion fails to give me this conviction, it has little or no use, for the basic purpose of religion is to give us conviction regarding the purpose of life and the scheme of existence. I can say that I have great conviction in Islam. I have discovered Islam as my faith. I believe in it with all conviction. However, I can say that I have never developed hate for anyone because of this belief. I love every human being and every religion. This is a fact. Those who know me can affirm that I do not have an iota of hatred for anyone. On the contrary, I respect every religion from my heart. I can say that the same thing is possible for every other human, too. This is because a human being has an enormous