Promoting Peaceful Coexistence and Common Citizenship

[ ix ] About the International Dialogue Centre . . . . . . . . . . ii The Council of Parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii The Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv The Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii Interreligious dialogue for peace: promoting peaceful coexistence and common citizenship. Introduction by HE Faisal bin Muaammar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii Chapter I — Opening Ceremony HE Dr. Michael Linhart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 HE Nizar Madani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 HE Ms. Belén Alfaro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 HE Bishop Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew . . 10 HE Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 HE Dr. Mohammad bin Abdul Karim Alissa . . . . . . . . 18 HE Dr. Yousef Bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen . . . . . . . . . 20 Chapter II — Religious Leaders’ Platform Mr. Fahad Abualnasr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 HB Cardinal Mar Béchara Boutros Al-Rai . . . . . . . . . 25 HE Sheikh Dr. Shawki Ibrahim Allam . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 HE Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 HH Catholicos Aram I Keshishian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 HE Sheikh Saleh bin Abdullah bin Hamid . . . . . . . . . 35 His Grace Bishop Antonious Marcos . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 HE Sheikh Muhammad Hussein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 HE Sayed Ali El-Amine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Rev. Dr. Andrea Zaki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 HE Metropolitan Isaac Barakat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 HE Judge Sheikh Ghandi Makarem . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Dr. Souraya Bechealany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Prof. Dr. Hichem Grissa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Chapter III — Panel Discussion One Mr. Adama Dieng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 The Role of Religious Leaders and Policymakers in Promoting Social Cohesion and Common Citizenship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Chapter IV — Panel Discussion Two Ambassador Alvaro Albacete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Global Partnerships for Dialogue and Promoting Social Cohesion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Chapter V — Day Two Opening Session HE Dr. Abbas Shuman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 His Beatitude Theodoros II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 HE Dr. Abdullah M. AlMatouq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Chapter VI — Panel Discussion Three Rev. Dr. Samson Olasupo Ayokunle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Interreligious Education and Common Citizenship Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Chapter VII — Panel Discussion Four Ms. Kowther Al-Arbash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Social Media as Space for Dialogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Chapter VIII — Closing Ceremony Dr. Hamad Al Majed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Dr. Kezevino Aram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 HE Bishop Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot . . . . . . . . . . 107 HE Metropolitan Emmanuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Rev. Kosho Niwano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 His Virtue Sheikh Ul-Islam A Pashazade . . . . . . . . . 112 Rev. Mark Poulson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Chief Rabbi David Rosen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Dr. Mohammad Sammak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Chapter IX — Conference Recommendations Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Appendices Founding Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Vienna Declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Athens Declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Endnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Table of Contents