Nobel laureate to visit Indonesia

Nobel laureate to visit Indonesia

JAKARTA: Iranian Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi is expected to
present her view on Islam during an international seminar hosted
by the Swiss government and the Organisation Internationale de la
Francophonie (OIF) here on March 18.

The OIF is an international organization of French speaking
countries.

Ebadi, who won the Nobel peace prize last year, will join
Soheib Bencheik of France, Remy Madinier of the French National
Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Mathias Diedrich of the
Goethe Institute, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) chairman Hasyim Muzadi and
Muhammadiyah chairman Ahmad Syafii Maarif and Franz Magnis Suseno
of the Driyarkara Institute of Philosophy as speakers of the
seminar in Jakarta.

This year, Switzerland is coordinating the seminar, to be held
at the Nikko Hotel on Jl. MH Thamrin.

Titled "Islam and Universal Values: Islam's Contribution to
the Construction of a Pluralistic World", seminar participants
will share their views on Islam's contribution as a religion and
a value system to world ethics and how it could serve as a common
denominator in international relations and in tackling global
challenges in a pluralistic world. -- JP