Dr. Tarunjit Singh Butalia
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About Tarunjit Butalia:
Dr. Tarunjit S. Butalia is founding trustee of the Sikh Council for Interfaith Relations. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Parliament of the World's Religions. He also serves as on the board of Religions for Peace – USA and is its former Moderator. He is a Board member of the North American Interfaith Network and is former Vice-Chair. He has served on the board of the National Religious Coalition Against Torture as well as the World Sikh Council – America Region. He works locally with the Interfaith Association of Central Ohio.
Interfaith Movement
by Dr. Tarunjit Singh Butalia Originally published on October 31, 2011 in The Huffington Post In the interreligious movement, Oct. 27, 1986 stands out as a landmark moment when Pope John Paul II convened representatives...
Religious Freedom
by Dr. Tarunjit Singh Butalia Originally published on January 27, 2011 in The Huffington Post On Jan. 18, four representatives of the World Sikh Organization of Canada were refused entry into the Quebec National...
Interfaith Movement
by Dr. Tarunjit Singh Butalia While growing up as a kid in northern India in the early 1980s, I fondly remember one of my best friends in high school, Sher Ali Khan. He was a devout Muslim. While in 9th grade, Sher Ali...
Interfaith Relations
by Dr. Tarunjit Singh Butalia Originally published on September 23, 2013 in The Huffington Post Today, I am a proud and purposed Sikh-American, providing leadership in key national and international interreligious...
This article first appeared on The Interfaith Observer on September 12, 2019. The article is reproduced by the Parliament with permission from the author, Dr. Tarunjit Singh Butalia. Many who have had the opportunity to attend a Langar (a Sikh word for “open kitchen) surely have fond memories of...
This article was originally shared on The Interfaith Observer on April 15th. I just returned from a visit to South Asia. Right before my visit, the tensions between nuclear rivals India and Pakistan were at an all-time high, with each side portraying the other as evil and the enemy of its people...
Parliament Blog
This article first appeared at The Interfaith Observer and is republished with permission. As a kid growing up in Punjab, India my first formative engagement with interfaith understanding was with a high school friend who was Muslim. When he came to my home, he would refrain from eating non-halal...
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