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 EZ Comics and the Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance are partnering in order to co-sponsor:  The 2012 Religious Tolerance Comic Book Competition

 The best entrants in 4 different divisions will WIN an iPAD or iPHONE as GRAND PRIZES!

Comic Book Contest Banner 2011-2012

Write and illustrate a comic book on religious tolerance for a chance to win an iPad or iPhone and showcase your work on EZComics.com.

Make a comic book promoting religious tolerance by the Deadline: February 17, 2012.

Potential topics you can address:
◦    Why is it valuable to promote religious tolerance?
◦    What core values do religions have in common?
◦    How does your religion promote religious tolerance?
◦    What happens when people don’t respect each other’s religions?
◦    Why is it important to understand other religions and to get along with people of
       different faiths?
◦    Or another related topic of your choice

Top entries will be chosen from four age groups:
•    11 and under,
•    12-14,
•    15-18, and
•    19 and above so anyone can enter!

Comic Book Contest 2011-2012


Requirements:
•    Minimum of 5 pages, in addition to the cover page
•    Comic books can be hand drawn or illustrated using computer software

Winners will:
◦    Win an iPad 2 or an iPhone
◦    Be featured on the EZComics and Boniuk Center websites
◦    Be published in paper and may have their comic books distributed at the discretion of EZComics and Boniuk Center

Please see the www.EZComics.com/site/ website for additional information about how to make a comic book and submit your entry online via their website.

Spotlights

Best Public Art Project
The Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance turned to the Museum of Cultural Arts Houston (a past Houston Press MasterMinds Award winner) to add a visual arts aspect to the 2011 Sacred Sites Quests program. »

 

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Webcasts

An Intrafaith Panel on Islam
Moderated by Mike Ghouse, Religious and Cultural Pluralism Commentator,President of the Foundation for Pluralism & America Together Foundation.

Panel Participants:
Imam Azhar Haneef
Vice President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of the US, Silver Spring, Maryland.

Imam Wazir Ali
Masjid Warithud-Deen Mohammed and Masjid Al-Qur'an,Houston, Texas

Imam Moustafa al-Qazwini
Founding Director of the Islamic Education Center of Orange County, California

Imam Zia Shaikh
Islamic Center of Irving, Texas
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Radio Podcasts

Peaceful Coexistence Radio 90.1 KPFT
Peaceful Coexistence Radio 90.1 KPFT
These podcasts are from the Peaceful Coexistence Radio program which is no longer airing as of 2009. 
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