2010 Oasis News

In Zamboanga City – Philippines, a gathering of renewal of commitment for dialogue and peace last December 12, 2010 in Harmony Village at Sinunuc brought together some 200 hundred Muslim and Christian members and friends of Silsilah Dialogue Movement all over Mindanao. This year’s Renewal of Commitment highlighted the sharing of the experiences and memories […]

The declaration of the Eight Doha Conference on Interfaith dialogue was presented by one of the close Muslim leaders of Silsilah Dr. Aboulkhair Tarason during the Silsilah Madaris Gurus and Catechist Seminar held in Harmony Village, Zamboanga City on October 25-27, 2010.  Silsilah is happy to present this declaration on the occasion of the Amun

The massacre in Baghdad on October 31 inside a Syrian Catholic Church during the celebration of the mass has urged us, members of the INTER-FAITH Council of Leaders (ifcl) of Zamboanga City in Mindanao, to reflect once again on the “Anger that drives violence in the world and what do the Bible and the Qur’an

Sincerity is one of the traits in those that engage in dialogue which make for genuine dialogue, the kind that fosters better relationships and understanding. By sincerity we mean that our words convey what we want to say, not what we think the other wants to hear. This connotation of sincerity presupposes that there is

The Silsilah Dialogue Movement’s initiatives for the youth are run basically through the Silpeace Youth Program. These initiatives are coordinated by two youthful full-time staff of the Movement who in turn work with students in the high schools and colleges as well as with young people who are no longer in school. These young volunteers

An on-line publication, Jewish World Review, has been running a series entitled “Positive Word Power – Building a Better World with the Words You Speak”. Since words are our usual way of communicating with others, the series is very helpful. The series begins with the following: Talk is NOT cheap. Words are our most valuable

After the successful launching of the Inter-Faith Council of Leaders (IFCL)-Basilan on July 26, 2010, a follow-on activity was organized to gather friends and prospective members of IFCL on October 7, 2010 at the Basilan State College in Isabela City, Basilan. The gathering was made possible with the enthusiastic work of the IFCL-Basilan Coordinators, Prof.

Silsilah believes that through living life-in-dialogue, people of different faiths and cultures can create a world of harmony, solidarity and peace. Silsilah also believes in the crucial role of media in bringing about this goal. Acting on these beliefs, Silsilah has been implementing a program aimed at the youth which seeks to increase media awareness

Alzad T. Sattar is a young Muslim from Basilan who is a professor at the Basilan State College in Isabela City, Basilan. On a scholarship from the Ford Foundation he attended the Coexistence and Conflict Resolution Program at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts in the United States where he received an MA. His master’s thesis