Global Economic Meltdown: A Secular & Religious Response
When:
Thu, 19 Mar 2009 : 06:00 PM - 08:30PM
Event Type:
Interfaith Symposium
Where:
University of Toronto, St. George Campus
Multi-faith Centre for Spiritual Study and Practice (Room KP108 ? Auditorium)
Room KP10
569 Spadina Ave.
Toronto, ON M5S 2J7
Ahmadiyya Muslim Students’ Association (AMSA @ UofT) & The Multi-faith Centre for Spiritual Study and Practice cordially are holding the Interfaith Conference on the topic of "Global Economic Meltdown - A Secular & Religious Response" on Thursday March 19th, 2009 – 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm at Multi-faith Centre for Spiritual Study and Practice.
Panelists:
Mr. Nadeem Siddiq - Islam
Rabbi Jonathan Crane - Judaism
Bhante Saranapala - Buddhism
Father Bill Ryan SJ - Christian
Mr. Greg Oliver - Secular
The event Moderator will be Prof. Stanley M. Makuch,Assoc. Dean, Faculty of Law.
The presentations will be followed by an OPEN Q/A SESSION.
Mian Nadeem Ahmad Siddiq is a Toronto lawyer and practices in the areas of derivatives and banking. He received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto, his Juris Doctor from the University of Minnesota and University of Toronto, and his Master of Laws from Osgoode Hall. He has served as an intern at the United Nations Centre for Human Rights (Geneva) and as Managing Editor of the Law & Inequality Journal. His paper on the persecution of the Ahmadiyya Community in Pakistan is required reading for some law schools around the world. He lives in Oakville with his wife, Wajeeha, and his children, Qasim and Zainab.
