Love and Tolerance Conference in Nigeria
Ufuk Dialogue Foundation of Nigeria organized a conference titled "Love and Tolerance: Two Dynamics for Personal and Social Reform" last Wednesday (January 21, 2015) in Abuja. Convened at Institute of Peace and Conflict Resolution Conference Hall, the conference was organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Institute of Peace and Conflict Resolution, and The Fountain Magazine. The conference theme was inspired from Fethullah Gülen’s book “Toward a Global Civilization of Love and Tolerance.”
Among the speakers were Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan (Archbishop of Abuja), The Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh (Metropolitan Archbishop and Primate of Anglican Communion), Dr. Abubakar Salihu Waziri Katsina State representing Sultan of Sokoto Muhammad Saad Abubakar, Dr. Khalid Abubakar Aliyu, Secretary-general of JNI, Prof. Oshita O. Oshita, Director General IPCR, Hakan Yesilova, Editor of The Fountain Magazine, and Dr. Erieka Bennett the Founder and Head of Mission of the African Diaspora Forum, and Fr. Cornelius Omonokhua, Director of Dialogue Mission of Catholic Secretariat. Ercan Ulgur, Secretary General of Ufuk Dialogue Foundation thanked 400 participants who followed conference among whom were academicians, diplomats and media representatives.
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