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Tea for Peace | The Spanda Foundation launched the first Tea for Peace
at the Nutshuis in The Hague, the Netherlands on 3 September 2007. The
Tea for Peace program consists of a series of screenings of
documentaries followed by discussions of current problems and issues
related to the Abrahamic faiths. Its ultimate goal is to improve the
quality of intercultural and interfaith dialogue.
During the first Tea for Peace,
the Foundation tackled Fundamentalism. The evening started with a film
screening of selected scenes dealing with Fundamentalism from the
“perspectives” of the three religions—Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Afterwards, there was a discussion with the invited speakers Pastor Sjaak de Boer, Pastor of the Church of Our Saviour; Minister Jacob Korf, Chairman of the Hague Council of Philosophies and Religions (HRLR); and Rabbi Awraham Soetendorp from the Congregation of the Hague and Utrecht.
