European Academy of Religion 

Annual Conference

Bologna,  March 5-8, 2018

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On March 6, 2018 the Center for Studies on Freedom of Religion, Belief and Conscience (LIREC) organizes the panel n. 63 at the Annual Conference of the European Academy or Religion.

TITLE: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Movement: "Love for all, Hatred for none". An Islam of peace suppressed and persecuted in the Islamic World

The panel aims to indicate some aspects that distinguish the history, the doctrine and the practice of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Movement, in relation to its peculiar way of placing itself within the Islamic World, which, mostly, considers it "heretical".

This attitude, in the countries where the blasphemy law is in force, has caused the persecution of the members of the movement, which has reached extreme consequences, such as the murder of some of them by the mere fact of being Ahmadi.

The experiences of two scholars, who have researched this field, will show how the movement has assumed a significant role in the resolution of conflicts and in the diffusion of a respectful and peaceful Islam.

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Raffaella Di Marzio, Director of LIREC Research Center

Introduces the panelists and moderates

Title: Discrimination and intrareligious persecution: a widespread and undervalued problem. The emblematic case of the Ahmadiyya Community

Manuel Olivares, author and editor, founder of the Publishing House Viverealtrimenti

A personal account of experiences with the Ahmadiyya Community

Imam Ataul Wasih Tariq, Vice President of The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at Italia Association

Profetism in the Ahmadiyya movement

Prof. Emanuela Del Re, Coordinator Section of Sociology of Religions of the AIS, Professor Niccolò Cusano University, President of EPOS

The role of the Ahmadiyya Community in the resolution of conflicts. A field study