interreligious dialogue

John Bell, former mediator in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: “There is a kind of hijack of religion”

The experienced Canadian mediator and diplomat of Lebanese origin, John Bell, takes an in-depth look at the present situation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict after the ceasefire.

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Muslims bring church back to life in Iraq after being destroyed by ISIS: “We want Christians to feel welcome”

“We want to tell Christians that this is still their city, that they are welcome here”, Ziad says from Mosul (Iraq). He leads a group of volunteers who worked to restore the city’s oldest church. ISIS’ terrorists had destroyed it while they ruled over Mosul, the same way they destroyed its most significant mosque.

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Trump in the UN: “Protecting religious freedom is one of my highest priorities”

US president Donald Trump has called upon all nations to “join” the United States in the “urgent moral duty” of protecting the religious freedom. He said so in a conference he led on this matter at the United Nations summit where secretary general Antonio Guterres accompanied him.

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Fadi Daou, Lebanese priest: “There is no religion which is more democratic than others”

Lebanon has 18 different religions officially recognized, half of the population are Muslims and about another 40% is built by Christian communities.

Islamophobia

Trump is ready for a dialogue with Muslims, future Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights assures

Fellow of the Religious Freedom Center and Law Professor, Robert Destro, made this statement on Thursday at the World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES) taking place in the Spanish city of Seville.