Engaging the faithful: the workshop

Patna Collective, a partner of the Pluralism Knowledge Programme in India, organised a first workshop in the 'Rethinking Transformative Action' series. February 11-12, 2011 fourty stakeholders got together in Delhi to discuss two recent controversies: the demolition of a mosque in Delhi and the tension of the Right to Eduction Act with the right to religious education. In the following, the Patna Collective describes the essence of the debates:

Themes

The Indian part of the Promoting Pluralism Knowledge Programme focusses on two themes: 1. "Human Rights, Pluralism and Rethinking of the Secular State" and 2. "Faith and Diversity"