University of Religions and Denominations this institute became legally a university. This university is a private centre of learning and research. It has the following ideals and goals: The university currently has three departments: There are nine courses of study with about 500 male and female students currently pursuing their master’s degrees. Each department has three courses of study. The courses available at the Department of Religions are Abrahamic Religions (Christianity, Islam and Judaism); Non-Abrahamic Religions (Hinduism, Buddhism) and religions of ancient Persia. The courses available at the Department of Islamic Sects are: Sufism and Islamic spirituality, Theological Sects and Jurisprudential Sects and the courses
Global Conferences on World's Religions after September 11 rights discourse. This more positive approach to the relationship between religion and human rights is evident in the various documents on human rights produced by the religions of the world, some of which are enumerated below. All these and similar declarations engage the issue of religion and human rights but from the perspective of only a "single" religious tradition, just as Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and so on. What is unique about the three conferences mentioned above is the fact that they represent a progressive effort to formulate a joint response from the world's religions to the Universal Declaration of