Umbutho ongenzi nzuzo waseWestchester ufuna ukulungisa iiNdawo zoMbutho wethu kunye neMisantsa yobuhlanga, ubuzwe kunye nenkolo, incoko enye ngexesha.

NgoSeptemba 9, 2022, White Plains, eNew York – I-Westchester County ilikhaya kwimibutho emininzi engenzi nzuzo esebenza kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo ukunceda ukulungisa iingxaki zoluntu. Njengoko iUnited States kunye namanye amazwe amaninzi aye ahlukana ngakumbi, omnye umbutho, i-International Centre for Ethno-Religious Mediation (ICERMediation), ukhokela kwiinzame zamazwe ngamazwe zokuchonga iingxabano zobuhlanga, ubuhlanga kunye nezonqulo, kunye nokudibanisa izixhobo zokuxhasa uxolo nokwakha. uluntu oluqukayo kumazwe ehlabathi jikelele.

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Ukususela ekusekweni kwayo kwi-2012, i-ICERMediation iye yabandakanyeka ngokusebenzayo kwiiprojekthi ezininzi zokwakha ibhulorho yoluntu, kubandakanywa noqeqesho lwayo lwe-ethno-religious mediation apho abathathi-nxaxheba baxhotyiswa ukuba bangenelele kwiingxabano zobuhlanga, ubuhlanga kunye nenkolo kumacandelo ahlukeneyo; I-Living Together Movement eyiprojekthi yengxoxo yengxoxo yoluntu engekhoyo evumela umzuzwana wenguqu kwihlabathi lokucinga okubini kunye neentetho ezinentiyo; kunye neNkomfa yaMazwe ngaMazwe ngeSisombululo sengxabano yoBuzwe kunye neNkolo kunye noLwakhiwo loXolo olubanjwa minyaka le ngentsebenziswano neekholeji ezithatha inxaxheba kwingingqi yaseNew York. Ngale nkomfa, i-ICERMediation ibhuloho ithiyori, uphando, ukusebenza kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo, kwaye yakha intsebenziswano yamazwe ngamazwe ukubandakanywa, ubulungisa, uphuhliso oluzinzileyo kunye noxolo.

Kulo nyaka, iKholeji yaseManhattanville ibamba ngokubambisana iNkomfa yaMazwe ngaMazwe ngeSisombululo seNgqungquthela yobuzwe kunye neNkolo kunye noXolo. Inkomfa icwangciselwe umhla wama-28-29 kuSeptemba 2022 eReid Castle eManhattanville College, 2900 Purchase Street, Purchase, NY 10577. Wonke umntu uyamenywa ukuba abekho. Le nkomfa ivulelekile eluntwini.

Le nkomfa iza kuqukunjelwa ngokumiselwa koSuku lweHlabathi lobuNgcwele, umbhiyozo weenkolo ezininzi kunye nehlabathi jikelele wawo nawuphi na umphefumlo womntu ofuna ukunxibelelana noMdali wabo. Kulo naluphi na ulwimi, inkcubeko, inkolo, nendlela umntu abonisa ngayo intelekelelo, i-International Divinity Day yingxelo yabantu bonke. I-International Divinity Day ithethelela ilungelo lomntu lokusebenzisa inkululeko yonqulo. Utyalo-mali lwemibutho yoluntu ekukhuthazeni eli lungelo lingenakohluthwa labantu bonke luya kukhuthaza ukukhula ngokomoya kwesizwe, lukhuthaze iyantlukwano kwaye lukhusele ukuba neenkolo ezininzi. I-International Divinity Day ikhuthaza iingxoxo zeenkolo ezininzi. Ngale ncoko ityebileyo neyimfuneko, ukungazi kuyaphikiswa ngokungenakuguqulwa. Iinzame ezihlangeneyo zeli phulo zizama ukukhuthaza inkxaso yehlabathi jikelele ekuthinteleni nasekuncitshisweni kobundlobongela obuqhutywa ngokwenkolo nobuhlanga - obufana nobundlobongela obugqithileyo, ulwaphulo-mthetho olunentiyo, nobunqolobi, ngothethathethwano oluyinyani, imfundo, ubambiswano, umsebenzi wezifundiswa, kunye nokwenza. Ezi zinjongo ezingaxoxiswana kumntu ngamnye ukuba akhuthaze kwaye asebenzele ebomini bakhe, uluntu, imimandla kunye nezizwe. Simema bonke ukuba bazibandakanye kolu suku luhle nolubalaseleyo lokucingisisa, ukucamngca, uluntu, inkonzo, inkcubeko, ubuni, kunye nencoko.

 “Uphuhliso lwezoqoqosho, ukhuseleko nemekobume luza kuqhubeka lucelw’ umngeni ngaphandle kokuba kuqale kuqwalaselwe ukupheliswa koxolo nongquzulwano lobuzwe,” watsho uMlungelelanisi weMicimbi kaWonke-wonke ye-ICERMediation uSpencer McNairn kwiNgxoxo eKhethekileyo yeNqanaba eliPhakamileyo yeZizwe eziManyeneyo yokuQinisekisa ngokutsha uPhuhliso lweAfrika njengento ePhambili. yeNkqubo yeZizwe eziManyeneyo. “Ezi nkqubela ziya kuphumelela ukuba sinokugxininisa size sisebenzisane ukuze sifumane inkululeko esisiseko yonqulo—intlangano yezizwe ngezizwe enamandla okukhuthaza, okukhuthaza nokuphilisa.”

Ukuvala iyantlukwano yoluntu kunye nokukhuthaza ukusonjululwa kwengxabano kunye nokwakha uxolo kumiliselwe nzulu ebomini kunye namava oMseki kunye ne-CEO ye-ICERMediation, i-Nigerian American. Wazalwa emva kweMfazwe yaseNigeria-Biafra, uGqr. Basil Ugorji wajonga ihlabathi malunga nobundlobongela, indawo yezopolitiko ebangelwa kukungavisisani kwenkolo okwavela emva kokuba iNigeria ikhululekile kwiBritane. UGqr. Ugorji wazibophelela ekuphuculeni imilinganiselo efanayo ekhuthaza ukuqondana, wajoyina ibandla lamaKatolika elizinze eJamani iminyaka esibhozo de wathatha isigqibo sobugorha sokuba sisixhobo soxolo aze azibophelele ubomi bakhe bonke ekukhuthazeni inkcubeko. uxolo phakathi, phakathi, naphakathi kwamaqela ezizwe, ubuhlanga kunye neenkolo ehlabathini lonke. UGqr Ugorji uye wahlala egxininise kwindalo yobuthixo kumntu wonke kwaye ufumanisa ukuqatshelwa kwayo kuyimfuneko ekufuneni uxolo lwehlabathi. Njengoko ucalucalulo olucwangcisiweyo luthwaxa ihlabathi lehlabathi, abemi babethwa ngenxa yenkolo, ubuhlanga okanye inkangeleko yobuhlanga, kwaye imilinganiselo yenkolo engamelanga idityaniswa ibe ngumthetho, uGqr. Ugorji wabona imfuneko yokusombulula le ngxaki kwakhona, egxininisa ukuqondwa kobuThixo iqukuqela kuthi sonke.

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Amanqaku Afana

Iinkonzo e-Igboland: Ukwahluka, Ukufaneleka kunye nokubakho

Unqulo sesinye seziganeko zentlalo nezoqoqosho ezinefuthe elingenakuphikiswa eluntwini naphina ehlabathini. Njengobungcwele njengoko kubonakala ngathi, inkolo ayibalulekanga nje kuphela ekuqondeni ubukho babemi bomthonyama kodwa ikwanayo nomgaqo-nkqubo wokubaluleka kwimeko yobuhlanga kunye nophuhliso. Ubungqina bembali kunye ne-ethnographic kwiibonakaliso ezahlukeneyo kunye namagama okwenziwa kweziganeko zenkolo zininzi. Isizwe sama-Igbo kuMazantsi eNigeria, kumacala omabini oMlambo iNiger, lelinye lawona maqela makhulu enkcubeko yabarhwebi abamnyama eAfrika, anenzondelelo yenkolo engathandabuzekiyo ebandakanya uphuhliso oluzinzileyo kunye nokusebenzisana phakathi kwezizwe ngezizwe ngaphakathi kwemida yemveli. Kodwa imeko yonqulo yaseIgboland ihlala iguquka. Ukuza kuthi ga kowe-1840, eyona nkolo ibalaseleyo yamaIgbo yayiyeyemveli okanye yemveli. Ngaphantsi kwamashumi amabini eminyaka kamva, xa kwaqaliswa umsebenzi wobuvangeli basemazweni abangamaKristu kuloo mmandla, kwabakho umkhosi omtsha owawuza kuthi ekugqibeleni ulungelelanise inkangeleko yonqulo lwaloo mmandla. UbuKristu bakhula baba ncinane kakhulu kulawulo lwamva. Phambi kwekhulu leminyaka yobuKristu e-Igboland, amaSilamsi kunye nezinye iinkolo ezingaphantsi kwe-hegemonic zavela ukuze zikhuphisane neenkolo zemveli zaseIgbo kunye nobuKristu. Eli phepha lilandelela iiyantlukwano zenkolo kunye nokufaneleka kwayo kuphuhliso oluhambelanayo e-Igboland. Itsala idatha yayo kwimisebenzi epapashiweyo, udliwano-ndlebe, kunye nezinto zobugcisa. Iphikisa ukuba njengoko iinkolo ezintsha zivela, indawo yenkolo ye-Igbo iya kuqhubeka nokuhlukahluka kunye / okanye ukulungelelanisa, nokuba kukubandakanya okanye ukuhluka phakathi kweenkolo ezikhoyo kunye nezikhulayo, ukuze kuphile i-Igbo.

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Ukuguqulwa kwiSilamsi kunye nobuzwe bobuhlanga eMalaysia

Eli phepha licandelo leprojekthi yophando enkulu egxile ekunyukeni kobuhlanga baseMalay kunye nobukhulu eMalaysia. Ngelixa ukunyuka kobuzwe bobuzwe baseMalay kungabangelwa yimiba eyahlukeneyo, eli phepha lijolise ngokukodwa kumthetho wokuguqulwa kwamaSilamsi eMalaysia kwaye nokuba uye womeleza na uvakalelo lobunganga baseMalay. IMalaysia lilizwe elinezizwe ngezizwe kunye neenkolo ezininzi elafumana inkululeko yalo ngo-1957 kwiBritane. AmaMalay lelona qela likhulu belisoloko liluthatha unqulo lobuSilamsi njengenxalenye yesazisi sawo esilwahlula kwezinye iintlanga ezazingeniswa kweli lizwe ngexesha lolawulo lobukoloniyali baseBritani. Ngelixa ubuSilamsi buyinkolo esemthethweni, uMgaqo-siseko uvumela ezinye iinkolo ukuba zenziwe ngoxolo ngabantu baseMalaysia abangengoMalay, oko kukuthi amaTshayina namaIndiya. Nangona kunjalo, umthetho wamaSilamsi olawula imitshato yamaSilamsi eMalaysia ugunyazise ukuba abo bangengawo amaSilamsi baguqukele kwiSilamsi ukuba banqwenela ukutshata namaSilamsi. Kweli phepha, ndixela ukuba umthetho wokuguqulwa kwamaSilamsi usetyenziswe njengesixhobo sokuqinisa imvakalelo yobuzwe baseMalaysia eMalaysia. Idatha yokuqala yaqokelelwa ngokusekelwe kudliwano-ndlebe kunye namaSilamsi aseMalay atshate nabangengabo amaMalay. Iziphumo zibonise ukuba uninzi lwabantu ekwadliwan’ indlebe nabo baseMalaysia bajonga ukuguqukela kwiSilamsi njengento eyimfuneko njengoko kufunwa yinkolo yamaSilamsi kunye nomthetho welizwe. Ukongeza, ababoni sizathu sokuba abantu abangengabo amaMalay bangachasa ukuguqukela kwiSilamsi, njengoko betshatile, abantwana baya kuqwalaselwa ngokuzenzekelayo njengeMalay ngokoMgaqo-siseko, ohamba nenqanaba kunye namalungelo. Iimbono zabantu abangengoMalay abaguqukele kubuSilamsi zazisekelwe kudliwano-ndlebe lwesibini oluye lwenziwa ngabanye abaphengululi. Njengoko ukuba ngumSilamsi kunxulunyaniswa nokuba ngumMalay, abantu abaninzi abangengoMalay abaguqukileyo baziva behluthwe imvakalelo yabo yenkolo neyobuhlanga, kwaye baziva becinezelekile ukuba bamkele inkcubeko yohlanga lwaseMalay. Nangona ukutshintsha umthetho woguqulo kunokuba nzima, iingxoxo ezivulekileyo zeenkolo ngeenkolo ezikolweni nakumacandelo karhulumente inokuba linyathelo lokuqala lokujongana nale ngxaki.

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