24th annual World Religions Conference

[Jaspaul Singh]

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

Jio, everyone should come to this whoever is in the area. Please help spread the world and send forwards out to all your mailing lists. Last year it was an amazing event but not many sikhs came out, eventhough there were over 700+ people, majority were muslims. We need to take over and show everyone who the sikhs are :nihungsmile: PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!!

(To Admin: Please leave in General Section till Saturday!)

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Wahegurooo ji ka khalsa, Wahegurooo ji ki fatehh

This saturday is the 24th annual World Religions Conference. Same as always, the SSA will be setting up their stall in the foyee for visitors to visit and gather information about Sikhism. We encourage everyone to come out to this amazing event.

The actual event begins at 11am till 6pm in Hagey Hall of University of Waterloo. Every year about over 700+ people come out.

We need as many volunteers as possible that can help us set up in the morning (9am) and stay there through out to accomodate peoples questions about Sikhism they may have.

Who ever wishes to help out in this event, we would ask if he or she can provide us with your name and student id so we can make volunteer id cards for you. Email us at uwssa@yahoo.com

For further information please read on, any further questions or comments you

can direct them back to us:

The theme of this year's conference is "Why Religion ?".

Distinguished scholars from various faiths and philosophical traditions (Aboriginal Peoples’ Religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism and Atheism) will deliberate at the conference and present the deepest understandings of their respective faiths on this question of the need of religion in the present age.

The final selection of speakers for this years event were also announced in the media briefing today. A draw was held to determine the order in which the speakers will speak at the event. The speakers confirmed and finalized in the order they will be speaking at the event are as follows:

1. Christianity - Mr. Vic Cowie - Elder of the Lincoln Road Chapel, Waterloo

2. Judaism - Mr. Bob Chodos - Temple Shalom, Waterloo

3. Sikhism - Dr. Onkar Singh - Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, Brantford

4. Hinduism - Reverend Swami Kripamayanda - Head of the Vedanta Society of Toronto

5. Aboriginal Spirituality - Mr. Dan Smoke-Asayenes - Seneca Nation of Iroquois Confederacy

6. Islam - Mr. Naseem Mahdi - National President Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Canada

7. Atheism - Dr. Thomas Flynn - Senior editor "Free Inquiry" Council of Secular Humanism, NY, USA

8. Buddhism - Mr. Tony Meers - General Director of Soka Gakkai Int'l Association of Canada.

Ms Anne-Marie Mediwake, Anchor/Reporter of Global-TV Toronto has tentatively been selected to preside and moderate the conference. Whereas, numerous Provincial and National leaders (both political and religious) as well as leaders and members of international, religious and multicultural organizations and members of academia are expected to be present and deliver welcome remarks to the delegates of the event.

The conference also provides the delegates an excellent opportunity of affiliating between the followers of all faiths, philosophical traditions and cultural background

s. The event is open to the public and there is no cost to attend.

The event is organized by the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam (Brantford Branch) with the cooperation and partnership of the following:

Ahmadiyya Muslim Students Association (Univ of Waterloo)

Federation of Students (University of Waterloo)

Sri Sathya Sai Baba Spiritual Group

Brahmarishi Mission of Canada (Kitchener-Waterloo)

Sikh Students Association (Univ of Waterloo)

Jewish Students Association and Jewish Studies Program (Univ of Waterloo)

Native Students Association (Univ of Waterloo)

Waterloo Riverview Dharma Center (Waterloo)

Waterloo Christian Fellowship

Encounter World Religions (Guelph)

Interfaith Grand River (Kitchener-Waterloo)

K-W-Guelph-Cambridge Humanist Association

Detailed info about the event will be made available at www.amsa.uwaterloo.ca shortly.

For More information contact:

Nabeel A. Rana

Officer Information and Public Relations

XXIVth World Religions Conference

Phone: 519-894-1389

Cell: 519-729-7856

Email: religions@canada.com

amsa.uwaterloo.ca

[Akaali]

Last year was wicked!! :wub:

Singh ji, can you please make sure that there are enough books/flyers this time. Last year, most people had to leave empty handed.

If you want I can print out some nice articles, from SikhSangat, :nihungsmile: as well as around the net.

[Jaspaul Singh]

Last year was wicked!! :lol:

Singh ji, can you please make sure that there are enough books/flyers this time. Last year, most people had to leave empty handed.

If you want I can print out some nice articles, from SikhSangat, :nihungsmile: as well as around the net.

A lot of sevadars r contributing dis year :nihungsmile: .. we made some wiked panphlets ... are you coming this year singh ?? Let me know cuz i can pick youup and drop you off saturday :e:

Everyone else, please try to come to this awesome event. Tell everyone, all your friends and relatives. Sikhs gotta take over !!! :nihungsmile:

[Mehtab Singh]

Sikhs gotta take over !!! :nihungsmile:

We will eventually! And not just a conference, planet earth !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :e:

[Jaspaul Singh]

BUMPPPP !!!!! :nihungsmile:

[Jaspaul Singh]

Just wanted to say, that the event was a success. Our speaker Dr. Onkar Singh was totally amazing, and said everything in sikhi terms with guru ji di kripa...

The only thing bad about the event that i think everyone should know abotu was that it was a muslim organized event. It was dominated by muslims n in that way, there were many muslims going from table to table, to different faiths, (even us sikhs) and trying to mess with our minds.

There main argument was that Guru Nanak Dev ji was encouraging everyone to follow islam because his chola has arabic writing on it, so everything that he said was in terms of islam so hence he did not create sikhi.

That was one point out of 20 they made, but dont worry the singhs had it covered. :nihungsmile: There were many other chardi kala singhs there n even though we were outnumbered by like hundreds (only about 20 sikhs there :lol: .. but overall about 700+ people came) We sitll showed thos muslims what true sikhi iss :e:

The best way i think to shut them up is answer there questions in high spirits, n make them ponder about their own faith. If their using words to attack us, we should also.

Just thought everyone should know what went on... bhul

chuka maphhhh !

[Simran9]

make a nice color flyer and post it in the gurdwaras!

make smaller flyers and pass out to your ssa and to others at school.

:TH: