As an example (using my brilliant Photoshop skills): Dialogue Society Book Lorry
As there is a lot of hostility towards all religions, and especially Islam in Western Societies, it should be one of our primary objectives to inform people of the ‘true face of Islam’ through inter-faith dialogue. I am very impressed with what organisations such as Dialogue Society are doing, but I do not think they are reaching the wider audience as they would like to. They reach out to many academics and VIPs in their respective areas/cities, but struggle to make an impact at the public level.
Hate can blind us all, thus we can’t see the good sides of others. The media/NGOs need to put more emphasis on dialogue and universal ethics
— Mesut Erzurumluoğlu (@mesuturkiye) February 11, 2015
For this reason I would like to suggest designing a ‘Book Lorry’ (inspired from book buses) which will travel all over the UK (and can set an example to similar organisations within the UK and other countries), park their lorry in city centre (or other designated areas) and engage with the public. Interested individuals will enter from one side and leave from the other. The inside will be designed just like book busses, and people can take whatever book they would like (or pay a small fee depending on the book).
I believe this would be a great way to attract public attention (especially if the lorry is designed properly, not like the one above!); and make inter-faith dialogue more fruitful…
Those who are against interfaith and/or intercultural dialogue have also contributed to the disgusting outcomes in #Egypt and #Syria. Talk!
— Mesut Erzurumluoğlu (@mesuturkiye) April 6, 2014
For extra information on the Dialogue Society, please see my Dialogue Society post…
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