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Amidst tensions surrounding the days-old murder of a Shiite religious
leader in this multi-religious, but Sunni-dominated nation, a peace pole was
planted in Pakistan's second largest city, Lahore, on January 15th.
Planted near the Pakistan Day Memorial, it was a small but hopefully
significant further step in efforts to bring the religions of Pakistan into
greater harmony and goodwill. May peace prevail in Pakistan, may peace
prevail on Earth.

Editorial response to the common questions of “where was God?” and “how could
God allows this?” in reference to the devastation of December 26th's earthquake
and tsunamis.

“From Monday 14 February - Sunday 6 March 2005 the 2nd Annual Edinburgh Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace will bring together artists, scholars, grassroots spiritual activists, and speakers from the Sufi, Druze, Baha’i, Ismaili, Zoroastrian and other lesser known spiritual traditions, in addition to representatives of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.”