Panel: DAISAKU IKEDA AND SOKA GAKKAI: CIVIC ACTIVISM AND INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE



429.3 - DAISAKU IKEDA AND ISLAM: FROM DIALOGUE TO COOPERATION

AUTHORS:
Corrao F. (LUISS Guido Carli University ~ Rome ~ Italy)
Text:
Daisaku Ikeda, founder of the Institute of Oriental Philosophy and Soka University in Tokyo, has devoted much of his energy to promoting dialogue with representatives of other cultures and faiths. As President of the Soka Gakkai, he has also promoted numerous meetings, encouraging members and friends of the organization to contribute. This article offers reflections on the themes addressed in Ikeda's two major dialogues with Muslim intellectuals, Majid Tehranian and Nur Yalman, and on some of the activities promoted by the IOP over the last decade. It also highlights publications, the festivals organized by the Soka Cultural Association in Dubai, and meetings and study seminars with Professor Abdelaziz Berghout of the International Islamic University and other Malaysian scholars in Tokyo.