Resources:

Religion, resistance & questions of faith

• The Bangkok Declaration and Call (2009.04.02) – statement issued by the Global Ecumenical Conference on Justice for Dalits, jointly organised by the World Council of Churches and the Lutheran World Federation, Bangkok, Thailand, 21-24 March 2009
• Call for international Christian solidarity to overcome caste-based discrimination (2009.04.02) – press release jointly issued by the World Council of Churches and the Lutheran World Federation on the Global Ecumenical Conference on Justice for Dalits
• Solidarity with Oppressed Groups A Christian Responsibility (2009.03.27) – LWF news feature on the workshop on “Affirmative Action and Advocacy in Affected Countries” held during the Global Ecumenical Conference on Justice for Dalits
• World’s churches wrestle with the ancient system of caste-based discrimination (2009.03.25) – WCC news feature on responses to stories of caste-based discrimination heard at the Global Ecumenical Conference on Justice for Dalits
• Religion and Identity in a Globalising World (2009.03.17) – by Dr. Chandra Muzaffar
• Religion as Protest: Religion in Power (2009.03.16) – by Dr. Chandra Muzaffar
• ‘Religion in Our Time’ in the Context of Asia (2009.03.14) – by Dr. Chandra Muzaffar
• Islam and AIDS: Between Scorn, Pity and Justice – new book by Farid Esack, co-edited with Sarah Chiddy (Oneworld Books, Oxford: February 2009)
• WCC United States Conference letter to President Obama (2009.01.20) – letter signed by heads of WCC member churches in the United States to Barack Obama
• Compassion in Islam - Theology and History – by Asghar Ali Engineer, Islam and Modern Age, January 2009. (Institute of Islamic Studies, India)
• The Christ child, the vulnerable and human rights (2008.12.28, Ekklesia) – Savi Hensman delves on the Christmas message in the context of widespread suffering and loss of life among children due to starvation, preventable disease, neglect and violence
• Critique of Radical Islamism (2008.12.26) – interview with Delhi-based Islamic scholar Maulana Wahiduddin Khan by Yoginder Sikand
• 2008 Faith in Human Rights Statement – signed by ten religious leaders from the different world religions at the International Inter-religious Conference in The Hague, The Netherlands on 10 December 2008
• Islam and Compassion: A scriptural, historical and contemporary perspective – by Asghar Ali Engineer, Islam and Modern Age, December 2008. (Institute of Islamic Studies, India)
• Ideology of Hindutva is Sheer Fascism: Swami Agnivesh (2008.11.21) – interview with prominent Arya Samaj scholar and social activist Swami Agnivesh, by Yoginder Sikand
• Revitalization of the Ecumenical Movement – presentation by Gabriel Habib at the International Consultation on Revitalizing Ecumenical Movement held on 13-15 November 2008 in Seoul, Korea
• Islamophobia in the West: How Muslims Should Respond (2008.11.19) – paper by Maulana Waris Mazhari, translated by Yoginder Sikand
• Seoul Statement: International Consultation on Revitalizing Ecumenical Movement – statement issued by participants of the International Consultation on Revitalizing Ecumenical Movement held on 13-15 November 2008 in Seoul, Korea
• The Concept of Jihad in Islam (2008.09.22) – by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, translated from Urdu by Yoginder Sikand; this article is taken from Khan’s acclaimed Urdu book Aman-e Alam (‘Global Peace’) Goodword Books, New Delhi, 2005, pp.27-37

External links to recommended articles:

• Remembering a glorious rebel - V.R. Krishna Iyer, The Hindu, 24 Dec 2008 - “Was not the kingdom of god that Jesus held up but the forerunner to socialism, social justice, secularism and democracy? He was a raging egalitarian, an invisible socialist, and an economic democrat....” (The author, 93 years old, is a retired Supreme Court Judge of distinction, a former Cabinet Minister in the Kerala government, a great humanist, and a regular contributor to The Hindu.)

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