Mary: Bridge of Peace and Love

 

The lecture started with an opening message from Atty. Salma Rasul, PCID Executive Director. It was then followed by a lecture on “The Meditation of Mary” by Sister Mary John Manazan. The lecrure’s gist is to give a modern perspective on the different phases of the bible. It was then followed by Pastor Carlos Dino’s “Mary: Hail of All Women.” His lecture centered on the main difference between Muslim and Christian teaching, in particular, the Christian faith apart from all the other faiths, and it centers around how we understand who Jesus, the son of Mary is. In addition, the lecture highlights the commonality of both religions in terms of Mary’s family lineage, The Announcement of Mary to Babel, and Mary as the “Chosen Among Women.” The third perspective came from Prof. Moner Bajunaid on Islam’s take on Mary. In his lecture, he emphasized that Islam puts emphasis on Mary, as equally, or even highly as the Christians. In the Quran, there is without a doubt no woman that is given more attention than Maryam. She is mentioned 34 times in the Quran and there is an entire chapter dedicated to her and her history, Chapter 19 entitled Maryam.