Noticias
El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) acogerá una consulta internacional sobre "Cristianos y Musulmanes en y más allá del diálogo". La consulta, de tres días, tendrá lugar del 16 al 18 de octubre de 2002 en el Centro Ecuménico de Ginebra, Suiza.
El Dr Tarek Mitri, del Sector de Relaciones y Diálogo Interreligiosos del CMI, dice que el CMI ha invitado a 40 participantes a reunirse para realizar "un examen crítico del estado actual de las relaciones entre sus respectivas comunidades y una evaluación de lo que se ha conseguido." Añade que los debates incluirán "una exploración de prioridades para el futuro", que según las previsiones se orientarán hacia la acción común a nivel local.
La reunión será copresidida por el moderador del CMI, S.S. Aram I, patriarca de la Sede de Cilicia de la Iglesia Apostólica Armenia (Antelias, Líbano) y el Dr Mohamed S. El-Awa, abogado y jurisperito de Egipto.
El día de la apertura tomarán la palabra, en torno al tema "Reflexiones sobre el estado actual de las relaciones entre musulmanes y cristianos", los siguientes participantes:
Excmo. Dr Abdelouahed Belkeziz, secretario general de la Organización de la Conferencia Islámica
Excmo. Sayyid Mohammad Ali Abtahi, presidente del Instituto para el Diálogo Interreligioso y vicepresidente de la República Islámica del Irán
Excmo. Dr Mohamed Ahmed Al-Sherif, secretario general, "Islamic Call Society"
Excmo. Dr Hamid Bin Ahmand Al-Rifaie, presidente, Foro Islámico Internacional para el Diálogo
Los puntos de vista cristianos serán presentados por el Excmo. Arzobispo Michael Fitzgerald, presidente del "Consejo para el Diálogo Interreligioso" vaticano y el Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser, secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias.
Información para el personal de prensa:
Se invita a los periodistas a asistir a las sesiones en el Centro Ecuménico en Ginebra el miércoles 16 de octubre hasta las 16.00 horas.
Una conferencia de prensa en inglés tendrá lugar a las 12.30 en la Sala Principal del Centro Ecuménico.
Los participantes concederán entrevistas previa solicitud. El Centro está equipado con una línea ISDN.
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International Consultation on "Christians and Muslims in Dialogue and Beyond"
Geneva, October 16-18, 2002
Schedule of sessions open to the media:
16 October
09.00-10.30
Opening remarks and presentation of programme
* H.H. Catholicos Aram I of Cilicia, Moderator of the World Council of Churches' Central Committee
11.00-12.30
Reflections on the present state of Muslim-Christian Relations
* H.E. Dr Abdelouahed Belkeziz, secretary-general of the Organization of the Islamic Conference
* H.E. Dr Mohamed Ahmed Al-Sherif, general secretary, Islamic Call Society
* H.E. Dr Hamid Bin Ahmad Al-Rifaie, president, International Islamic Forum for Dialogue
14.30-16.00
Reflections on the present state of Muslim-Christian Relations
* H.E. Sayyid Mohammad Ali Abtahi, president of the Institute for Inter-Religious Dialogue,
vice-president, Islamic Republic of Iran
* Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser, general secretary, World Council of Churches,
* H.E. Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, secretary, Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue
Participants list:
Dr Mahdi Abdul Hadi, president, Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA), Jerusalem
H.E. Sayyid Mohammad Ali Abtahi, vice-president of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Dr Martin Affolderbach, Christian-Muslim and Inter-Religious Affairs, secretary - EKD, Germany
Dr Seyed Amir Akrami, secretary for Inter-Religious Dialogue, Islami Culture and Relations, Iran
Prof Dr Hamid Bin Ahmed Al-Rifaie, president, International Islamic Forum for Dialogue, Saudi Arabia
Dr Mohamed Ahmed Al-Sherif, general secretary, Islamic Call Society, Libya
H.H. Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia, Armenian Apostolic Church, Antelias, Lebanon (co-moderator)
Bishop Samuel R. Azariah, Church of Pakistan, member of the WCC advisory group on Inter-Religious Relations and Dialogue
Rev. Dr John Azumah, member of the WCC advisory group on Inter-Religious Relations and Dialogue; Union Biblical Seminary, Pune, India
Rev. Dr Jean-Claude Basset, Project Dialogue, Geneva, Switzerland
H.E. Dr Abdelouahed Belkeziz, secretary-general, Organization of the Islamic Conference, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Dr Abdeslam Bou-Imajdil, professor, Morocco
Dr Mohamed S. El-Awa, author and lawyer, President, Egyptian Association for Dialogue and Culture
Dr Asghar Ali Engineer, director, Centre for Study of Society and Secularism, Mumbai, India
Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, president, Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue, Rome; member of the WCC advisory group on Inter-Religious Relations and Dialogue
Ms Josien Folbert, Interfaith Relations, Uniting Church of the Netherlands, member of the WCC advisory group on Inter-Religious Relations and Dialogue
Dr Vivian Fouad, director, Coptic Centre for Social Studies, Egypt
Dr Panayotis G. Fouyas, professor, Greece
Dr Hanan Ibrahim, professor, Jordan
Rt. Rev. Josiah Idowu-Fearon, Anglican bishop of Kaduna, Nigeria
Alhaj Muhammad Sani Isah, Islamic Community leader, Kaduna, Nigeria
Rev. Dr Riad Jarjour, general secretary, Middle East Council of Churches, Cyprus
Prof. Dr Muhammad Hashim Kamali, professor, Faculty of Law, International Islamic University in Malaysia
Father Rafiq Khoury, Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Dr Oddbjorn Leirvik, professor, Norway
Dr Philip Lewis, professor, Bradford, United Kingdom
Rev. Dr Maake J. Masango, Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa, WCC Central Committee member, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Mr Samir Morcos, Arab Group on Christian-Muslim Relations, Egypt
Dr Nadia Mahmoud Mostafa, director, Centre for Political Studies, Cairo University, Egypt
Mr Ifet Mustafic, Office of the Grand Mufti, Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Prof. Dr Jorgen S. Nielsen, member of the WCC advisory group on Inter-Religious Relations and Dialogue; Director, Centre for the Study of Islam and Chistian-Muslim Relations, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Dr Tariq Ramadan, professor, author, Geneva, Switzerland
Rev. Dr Lissi Rasmussen, Islamic-Christian Study Centre, Copenhagen, Norway
Rev. Dr Jay Rock, Office for Interfaith Relations, National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
Dr Walid Saif, professor, Faculty of Arts, University of Jordan
Mr Mohammed Sammak, general secretary, National Committee for Christian-Muslim Dialogue, Lebanon
Dr Sayyid M. Syeed, general secretary, Islamic Society of North America
Dr Jumana Taha, author, Syria
Rev. Dr Daniel Thigarajah, executive secretary, Christian Conference of Asia, Hong Kong
Rev. Margaret Orr Thomas, member of the WCC advisory group on Inter-Religious Relations and Dialogue, Interfaith Relations, United Presbyterian Church, USA