Different Beliefs – Shared Values

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Sunday September 27, 4:00 – 5:30 pm

Different Beliefs – Shared Values

Do you have any idea how many values you have in common with your neighbors?

Explore some of the foundational principles of some of the world’s major religions.

What can a Sikh, Muslim, and a Buddhist teach us about how we live and how we connect?

Location:  Lutheran Church of the Redeemer

1545 Chain Bridge Rd, McLean VA 22101

Presenters:

Buddhism – Matthew Regan (Rev. Bup Hee)

 Islam – Chaplain Imam Naeem Baig

 Sikhism – GuruSangat Kaur Khalsa

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Meet Our Presenters

Matthew Regan (Rev. Bup Hee) is a Dharma Teacher in the Taego Order of Korean Buddhism. A native of the DC metropolitan area, Matthew has received training in the three major living schools of Buddhism and since 2011 has served as the secretary of the International Buddhist Committee of Washington DC, a group of Buddhist organizations that works to promote mutual cooperation and understanding amongst the local Buddhist community.

Chaplain Imam Naeem M Baig, serves as the Interim Executive Director and Imam of Outreach and Interfaith Programs at Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Virginia. He chairs the Interfaith Committee of Islamic Circle of North America, ICNA, and is a member of the National Board of the ICNA Council for Social Justice. Previously he served as the President of ICNA between 2012-2016.

He is co-chair of the ‘National Muslim-Christian Initiative’,. He also serves as the Muslim Coordinator for the ‘National Catholic-Muslim Dialogue’. He is a Faith Based Discussions Partner of the AFL-CIO.

Imam Baig is a member of the board of ‘Religions for Peace USA’. He serves as a volunteer Chaplain at INOVA Alexandria hospital, INOVA Fairfax Hospital and Virginia Hospital.

He is a student of Islam and his focus is human rights, religious freedom and social justice. He mentors young Muslims and provides pastoral counseling to vulnerable people.

 

GuruSangat Kaur Khalsa has been serving as a minister of Sikh Dharma in Northern Virginia since 1978. Sikh Dharma is the religion of the Sikhs, in as religion is a path of Infinite Truth.

As well as serving as a minister, she is a long-standing member of the International Khalsa Council, which is a Sikh spiritual leadership body.

GuruSangat Khalsa teaches yoga and meditation, and Gurmukhi, the sacred language of the Sikhs. She has had the honor of sharing the teachings and Sikh beliefs with many people: in schools, in impromptu settings, on television, and at community and club gatherings. She also plays and sings the devotional music of the Sikhs, called Gurbani kirtan.

She is married to S.S. Guru Sangat Singh Khalsa. They have two wonderful children and four fabulous grandchildren.