- خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

في إطار فاعليات احتفالات العام السادس والعشرين لتكريم "مركز دالاس للسلام" للعديد من القيادات والرموز المجتمعية تم منح الدكتور "بشير أحمد" جائزة "صانع السلام" للعام 2012 وهذا عرفانًا بجهوده في مجال تصحيح صورة المسلمين في أعقاب هجمات 11سبتمبر.

ومن جهوده إنشاء "المركز الإسلامي للخدمات الإنسانية" بمنطقة "ريتشارد هيلز"، والذي يقدم الخدمات الطبية والاجتماعية بأسعار منخفضة، ومشاركته في تقديم الدعم لمركز دراسات العصور الوسطى وما بعد العصور الوسطى عام 2001 لبيان جهود المسلمين في مجالات العلوم والطب والأدب وغيرها من المجالات. المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

يرجى الإشارة إلى المصدر عند نقل الخبر– شبكة الألوكة.

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Dallas Peace Center to honor Muslim clinic founder, former journalist at awards for advocates of nonviolence

The Dallas Peace Center will recognize several local leaders Thursday for their peace-building efforts. Honorees at the center’s 26th annual awards dinner include a doctor who helped dispel fear of Muslims following 9/11 and a former journalist who established a nonprofit to promote peace.

The center’s executive director, Kelli Obazee, said the journey toward peace can be long, difficult and tedious. At the dinner, the center will recognize those who have stuck with it and made a difference.

“It’s our time to sing of people who have paid the ultimate price for the well-being of the community,” Obazee said.

Dr. Basheer Ahmed will receive the Peacemaker of the Year Award. Ahmed founded the Muslim Community Center for Human Services in Richland Hills, a clinic that offers medical, dental and social services, often at discounted rates. In 2001, he helped form the Institute of Medieval and Post-Medieval Studies, which highlights Islamic contributions to medicine, science, literature and other areas.

Obazee said Ahmed has facilitated peace by raising awareness. Whenever one segment of a society “is being dehumanized, it’s done so through ignorance or lack of understanding,” she said.

The Dallas Peace Center will give lifetime achievement awards to two residents who have sought to promote nonviolence for years. Former journalist Vivian Castleberry founded Peacemakers Inc., a nonprofit that sponsors international women’s peace conferences. The University of North Texas’ peace studies institute was named for Castleberry, a longtime features editor at the Dallas Times Herald. Richard Sambrano worked in the Dallas community relations office of the U.S. Department of Justice and was involved in many high-profile mediations over a 30-year career.

“These individuals are well into their 80s and every day still looking to see how they can contribute to make someone else’s life a little better,” Obazee said.

Additional honorees are Bob Ray Sanders of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, who’s receiving the Media Peacemaker of the Year Award; and Unity of Arlington, recipient of the Peacemaking Organization of the Year Award.