Eboo Patel wins Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion

Efforts to bridge religious divide among youths earns him Grawemeyer award

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For his efforts to shift that balance — by building an international organization that enables young people to work together across religious lines — Patel has received the 2010 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion.
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“I am a testament to that dynamic (showing that) encounters with people from other religions serve in large part to strengthen one’s own faith,” Patel said. So too did the quiet example of the humanitarian work of his father, grandmother and the leader of his Ismaili branch of Shiite Islam.
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“I view the Grawemeyer Award as a recognition of the work the movement has done thus far, but really about the promise of the future of building a world where interfaith cooperation is the norm,” he said.

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