The seminar-style conference gave scholars, writers and theologians an opportunity to think collaboratively about ways of achieving greater understanding among different ethnic and religious groups.
Hate wears many masks.
It comes disguised as racial or religious superiority. It can wear a mask of patriotism - or revolution. It is the cancer at the root of human relationships - among individuals and entire nations. But, strangely, the phenomenon of hate itself and the evil it fosters has rarely been addressed.