HWPL To Engage Religious Leaders On Scriptures

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HWPL To Engage Religious Leaders On Scriptures—-An International Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL), will in March, engage no fewer than 1,500 religious leaders worldwide to deepen the understanding of the scriptures to foster peace.

The Administrative Manager of HWPL New York Branch, Ms. Amanda Dixon, said this in New York at an event to mark the World Interfaith Harmony Week observed every year in the first week of February.

She said the organisation would engage the religious leaders in a series of lectures as part of the HWPL’s annual International Religious Peace Academy (IRPA) initiative on March 2 and 9.

According to her, IRPA aims to deepen religious exchange and understanding beyond a basic level of comprehension of different religious scriptures.

“As part of this initiative, HWPL is inviting prominent religious leaders from various faiths to deliver lectures at the IRPA.

“These lectures will serve as a platform for comparative research, promoting a culture of peace, and interfaith unity.

“By leveraging expertise in planning and conducting seminars and events both online and offline, we will ensure the lectures reach a diverse and international audience,” she said.

Dixon said HWPL team of experts and interpreters would facilitate international delivery of the lectures via Zoom, allowing for wider accessibility for three objectives.

“First, religious and cultural exchanges through study of scriptures promote understanding of different religions and cultures.

“Second, through the provision of educational opportunities for learning the scriptures, the number of religious leaders who deeply understand the scriptures of other religions increases, and inter-religious exchanges are expanded.

“Third, since the scriptures are the essential teachings of religion, efforts to understand the scriptures can overcome unnecessary misunderstandings and baseless accusations that lead to violence and extremism against religions, thereby spreading a culture of peace,” she said.

Dixon further said HWPL International Religious Peace Academy aimed at overcoming unnecessary misunderstandings and exclusive attitudes among religions through religious lectures.

“This is part of the effort toward positive peace, aiming to understand and communicate with other religions more deeply through the study of other scriptures.

“Through this initiative, we hope to build and expand a new and innovative culture of peace among religions,” she said.

Dixon also said IRPA lecture series aimed at fostering a deep study of various religious scriptures and promoted peace and harmony among different religious communities worldwide.

“The participation of world religious leaders will contribute to the success of this initiative for peace.

“Religion, especially the scriptures, which are the foundation of faith, has the answer to achieve a world of peace and perpetuate the prosperity of mankind.

“IRPA will seek the role of religious leaders who have the responsibility to lead the human society based on their understanding of religion,” she said.

According to her, IRPA is an international peace organisation and it has emphasised multilateral cooperation, including governments, international organisations, and civil society groups, as an essential measure for world peace.

Since 2014, HWPL has been operating the World Alliance of Religions’ Peace (WARP) Office around the world to promote understanding among religions, prevent conflicts caused by religion, and seek the role of religion for peace.

These include a comparative study of scriptures by religious leaders; religious peace camps that promote respect and understanding among younger generations from religious backgrounds; and the HWPL Solidarity of Religions’ Peace Committee, which delivers messages of unity about peace to the world as world religious leaders.

To meet the principle offered by the UN General Assembly resolution (A/RES/53/243, 1999) and HWPL’s ‘Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War’ (DPCW) Article 10 “Spreading a Culture of Peace” through education, IRPA was planned in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goal 16 “Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions.”

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Over 20 States Sue Trump Administration Over Order Seeking To Revoke Birthright Citizenship

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Over 20 States Sue Trump Administration Over Order Seeking To Revoke Birthright Citizenship—-A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday to stop President Trump’s executive order that seeks to eliminate birthright citizenship.

Mr. Trump invoked presidential powers to begin his long-promised immigration crackdown shortly after taking office on Monday. His executive actions included an order directing the federal government to stop issuing passports, citizenship certificates and other documents to many children born in the U.S. whose mothers are in the country illegally, or for whom neither parent is a legal permanent resident.

The lawsuit by the 18 states, filed in federal court in Massachusetts, claims Mr. Trump’s initiative violates the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which the federal government has long interpreted to mean that those born on American soil are citizens at birth. The cities of San Francisco and Washington, D.C., also joined the suit. The 14th Amendment says: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”

“The great promise of our nation is that everyone born here is a citizen of the United States, able to achieve the American dream,” New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement to CBS News. “This fundamental right to birthright citizenship, rooted in the 14th Amendment and born from the ashes of slavery, is a cornerstone of our nation’s commitment to justice.”

The suit is seeking a preliminary injunction to halt enforcement of the executive order, and ultimately, to invalidate it. The states that joined the suit are: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin.

“The President’s executive order attempting to rescind birthright citizenship is blatantly unconstitutional and quite frankly, un-American,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement. “We are asking a court to immediately block this order from taking effect and ensure that the rights of American-born children impacted by this order remain in effect while litigation proceeds. The President has overstepped his authority by a mile with this order, and we will hold him accountable.”

Mr. Trump directed that his order should be enforced in 30 days. It was challenged soon after it was issued, when the American Civil Liberties Union and other advocacy groups filed separate lawsuits seeking to thwart it.

Later Tuesday, a group of four more states — Illinois, Arizona, Washington and Oregon — filed a lawsuit of their own in Washington state targeting the executive order, bringing to at least four the number of suits challenging it.

“We need to discuss bipartisan commonsense immigration reforms, but denying birthright citizenship, which dates back centuries and has been upheld twice by the U.S. Supreme Court, is not the solution,” Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said in a statement.

A federal judge in Seattle, John Coughenour, set a hearing for Thursday on a request from the four states for a temporary restraining order blocking Mr. Trump’s edict.

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Tanker Explosion Kills Driver, Injures One In Ibadan—-A tanker loaded with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) has exploded, killing its driver and injuring one other person in Ibadan.

Mr Yemi Akinyinka, General Manager (GM), Oyo State Fire Services Agency, confirmed the incident in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Ibadan.

Akinyinka further said the incident resulted in the death of the tanker driver and injured the motor boy.

“The incident happened around Fijabi House, Agbowo, Ojoo/Iwo Road Expressway.

“The agency received a distress call about the fire incident at exactly 2.45 a.m. through a telephone call.

“The service swiftly deployed personnel to the scene and curtailed the fire from spreading to the nearby residential area.

“On arrival, we met three trucks of 20-metre distance from one another involved in the fire incident,

“The driver was burnt to death while the motor boy was rescued alive and taken to the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, for treatment,” he said.

Akinyinka stressed that the tanker was utterly destroyed by the fire while the other two trucks were rescued by the agency’s personnel.

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