2013 EVENTS & UPDATES

Dr. Iravani traveled to China, Korea and Japan. In Korea he visited Donghwasa Temple, at Daegu and was welcomed by The Great Seon Master Jinje who is the spiritual leader of Korean Buddhism, which is composed of 20,000 monks and twenty million lay people. In addition of a few hours of private discussions, Iravani spoke at […]

Vienna, Austria Dr. Iravani attended a conference on “Extremism and Violence: Abrahamic Perspective.” This was held in Vienna, Austria and was organized by the Catholic University of America, the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and Iranian Academy of Sciences.

Washington, D.C. On Monday December 2nd, Ayatollah Mojahid one of the top religious leaders of Afghanistan paid visit to the CSIME office in Washington DC and. In his meeting with the CSIME’s Preisdent Dr.iravani and CSIME’s senior top advisers Mr. David Laylin and Dr. Akhlaq, different ways of cooperation between the Center and religious communities […]

Keller, Texas Dr. Iravani spoke at the Global Faith Forum, which was organized by the Northwood Church of Texas. Please watch Ayatollah Ahmad Iravani Speaks 11:00 Service 11-17-13 and This for more information please see the following website: Globalfaithforum Dr. Rashad Hussein, U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Poster Dr. Bob Roberts […]

On Wednesday, November 20, 2013, core Sacramento business and community leaders met at a Pacifteen event, hosted by Mr. Moe Mohanna (President of the CSIME West Coast), at his Temple Grand Ballroom to engage in dialogue with Mayor Kevin Johnson regarding the continued effort to build better relationships with Sacramento’s political leaders and policy makers. […]

Continuing Mr. Laylin’s efforts to improve natural resource conservation and management activities in Iran, though the Persian Wildlife Foundation and National Academy of Sciences – and with the assistance of CSIME – David spent the month of November travelling around Iran and meeting with a number of Government, Academic and NGO officials. (During the past […]

Ayatollah Iravani lectured for the last two weeks of the holy month of Ramdhan at the Islamic Center of Northern California in Oakland, California where tens of people attended. He also led the Eid prayer and delivered two sermons (Khotbah) both in English and Persian. For more information in Persian please Clickگزارش اختصاصی همشهری آنلاین؛ […]

Week of Tolerance in Kosovo On May 24th, the Kosovo Week of Tolerance and Reconciliation launched the opening of the Interfaith Conference in Peja. Brought together representatives of key religions in the region, and the international interfaith community, this was the largest such event to take place in Kosovo and the region. Whilst this conference […]

Mr. David Laylin, a senior adviser to CSIME, visited Iran over a period of five weeks (April and May). The main reasons for his trip are to assist in expanding information exchange programs between Iran and the US and to work with appropriate Iranian NGOs and officials to improve conservation and management of natural resources. […]

Interfaith Summit On June 11th, 2013 Mr. Mohammad  Mohanna, President of the CSIME (West Coast), in partnership with the Interfaith Council of Greater Sacramento hosted an Interfaith Summit at his Capitol Plaza Building, featuring Keynote speaker Reverend James Trapp. This summit gathering allowed for key business members, faith organizers, and community leaders of diverse backgrounds […]