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Article: 'True innovator' acknowledged for interfaith dialogue at U. Houston
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- January 20, 2006
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Khyati Patel
University Wire
01-20-2006
(The Daily Cougar) (U-WIRE) HOUSTON -- The first Interfaith Dialogue and Peace Awards Ceremony was held Wednesday at the Marriot Galleria to honor a University of Houston professor for his work in religious studies and social tolerance.
Lynn Mitchell, director and founder of the Religious Studies Program at UH was awarded the Outstanding Gulen Award, the most prestigious award given to any of the honorees. The Gulen award is given to those who spread interfaith dialogue locally and nationally and has been in existence for more than 30 years.
"I enjoy teaching the different prejudices brought upon from some cultures and to clarify the stereotypes," ...