Basharaat-E-Ahmadiyya

18 BASHARAAT AHMADIYYA NEWS — July 2015 – June 2016
Parliament of World Religions Convention
October 15-19, 2015 — Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
By Samina Malik
THE LAHORE AHMADIYYA ISLAMIC SOCIETY (USA JAMAAT) PARticipated
in the convention of The Parliament of the
World’s Religions held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA from
October 15-19 2015. Fazeel, Noman and I attended the
event.
The Parliament of World Religions is a well-known and
influential interfaith organization, the origins of which
can be traced to a meeting held in Chicago in 1893 under
the name of the World’s Parliament of Religions. The goal
of that initial meeting was to promote interfaith understanding.
At that meeting, Islam was represented by
Russell Webb, an American convert and the former
Ambassador to the Philippines. Mr. Webb had converted
to Islam after corresponding with Hazrat Mirza Ghulam
Ahmad.
A hundred years later another conference celebrating
the centenary of the founding of the organization was
held in Chicago in 1993. The name of the organization
was changed to The Parliament of the World’s Religions.
The Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam Lahore USA participated
in that convention by exhibiting its literature
at a display booth.
Outside the Convention Center.