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Protecting human freedom and dignity is a vital contribution to peace-building by religious communities, said Ecumenical Patriarch His All-Holiness Bartholomew I as he spoke at the Al-Azhar International Peace Conference on 27-28 April in Egypt.

En protégeant la liberté et la dignité des individus, les communautés religieuses apportent une contribution capitale à la consolidation de la paix, a déclaré Sa Toute-Sainteté le patriarche œcuménique Bartholomée I, à l’occasion de la Conférence mondiale sur la paix d’al-Azhar qui s’est déroulée les 27 et 28 avril en Égypte.

“What contribution can those involved in the interreligious work of the churches offer in the current challenges faced in Europe at the present time?” This was the primary question addressed during a 29-31 March meeting of people working as interreligious officers for various churches in Europe and church-related organizations.

Linked to the 34th session of the Human Rights Council, the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue organized a side event on 15 March exploring "Islam and Christianity, the Great Convergence: Working jointly towards equal citizenship rights". World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit was among the panellists.

At the United Nations Office at Geneva on 15 March, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit joined a panel speaking on the theme “Islam and Christianity, the Great Convergence: Working jointly towards equal citizenship rights.”

Le 15 mars, au Geneva Centre, le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, secrétaire général du COE, a participé à une table ronde sur le thème: «L’Islam et le christianisme, la grande convergence: œuvrer ensemble pour l’égalité des droits à la citoyenneté».

Is religion discriminating? Does there exist discrimination within and by different religions? World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit explored these questions with fellow panelists in Trondheim, Norway.

La religion est-elle discriminatoire? Existe-t-il une discrimination dans les religions et de leur part? Telles sont les questions que le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, secrétaire général du COE, a abordées le 14 février dernier au cours d’une conférence à laquelle il participait avec d’autres intervenants dans un centre culturel de Trondheim, en Norvège.

The World Council of Churches, Council for World Mission and United Reformed Church, held a joint consultation on Multiple Religious Belonging, 14-16 December, at Queen’s Ecumenical Centre, Birmingham UK. The consultation which included members of different faith groups, renowned theologians and grassroots interfaith activists extended and enriched continuing conversations on the lived reality of multiple religious belonging and religious hybridity. The consultation included panel discussions from inter-religious; theological; ritual and socio-anthropological; and interdisciplinary perspectives.

The experience of his father’s fleeing Nazi Germany in 1938 and then living alien and stateless in Sweden provides biblical theologian Hans Ucko with the touchstone of his writing about stateless persons.

A 50-year-old religious text can shape interreligious relationships crucial for peace-building today, found participants in a workshop organized by the WCC and attended by guests from the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) on 28 October.

The chief cleric of Cairo’s prestigious mosque and university, H.E. Professor Dr Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar al Sharif, has decried the present-day “civilizational crisis” of poverty and insecurity and called for interreligious collaboration to address it.

The role of religions in promoting peace and countering violence was discussed during a two-day dialogue between the Muslim Council of Elders and the WCC in Geneva, Switzerland from 30 September to 1 October. Two sessions of talks, hosted by the WCC, involved presentations and discussions on key aspects of peacebuilding and interreligious dialogue, paying special attention to combating religious extremism leading to violence in many parts of the world.

Le rôle des religions dans la promotion de la paix et la lutte contre la violence a fait l’objet de deux jours de dialogue entre le Muslim Council of Elders et le COE, à Genève (Suisse), du 30 septembre au 1ᵉʳ octobre. Deux sessions d’échanges ont été organisées par le COE, avec des présentations et des discussions sur des aspects essentiels de la consolidation de la paix et du dialogue interreligieux. Une attention particulière était accordée à la lutte contre l’extrémisme religieux, qui est à l’origine de violences dans de nombreux pays du monde.

“Towards an Integrated World” is the theme of an opportunity for Muslim-Christian dialogue that unfolded during the visit of religious leaders from Egypt to the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva and the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey, Switzerland on 30 September and 1 October 2016.

«Vers un monde intégré», voilà le thème sous lequel était placé le dialogue islamo-chrétien qui s’est déroulé à l’occasion de la visite de responsables religieux égyptiens au Centre œcuménique de Genève et à l’Institut œcuménique de Bossey, en Suisse, le 30 septembre et le 1er octobre 2016.

The Grand Imam of Cairo’s prestigious Al-Azhar mosque and university, Prof. Dr Ahmad al-Tayyeb, will visit the WCC to give a public lecture and participate in high-level dialogue on interreligious peacemaking. “We are honoured to welcome one of the world’s highest-ranking and most influential Muslim leaders to Geneva, and I very much look forward to his lecture and to sharing views with him on the many challenges that we as religious persons and leaders face together,” says WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit.

“Bossey opened my mind and my horizon.” These words from a former student touched Rev. Dr Dagmar Heller, dean of the Bossey Ecumenical Institute, one month ago as the two met at a conference.

«Bossey m’a ouvert l’esprit et a élargi mes horizons.» Ces mots prononcés par un ancien élève rencontré le mois dernier au cours d’une conférence ont ému la pasteure Dagmar Heller, doyenne de l’Institut œcuménique de Bossey. Pour elle, ils reflètent ce qui se produit à Bossey depuis 70 ans: une expérience bouleversante qui transforme les étudiantes et étudiants en responsables de leur communauté locale et du mouvement œcuménique mondial.

The Ecumenical Institute at Château de Bossey is observing its 70th anniversary with notable speakers, creative worship, prayer services and a book launch, over the weekend of 30 September - 2 October.