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Las relaciones entre el CMI y el Centro para el Diálogo Interreligioso en Teherán se remontan a más de 20 años. Uno de los frutos recientes de esta relación ha sido el desarrollo de vínculos entre el CMI y la Universidad de las Religiones y las Denominaciones en la ciudad santa iraní de Qom.

At a meeting at the Centre for Interreligious Dialogue in Tehran, Iran on 20-23 August, delegations from the World Council of Churches and the Iranian Shia community gathered, with a sense of warmth and a willingness for deep exchange, for a bilateral dialogue.

For Dr Vahid Sohrabifar from Iran’s city of Qom, attending the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Interreligious Studies at the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey was inspiring due to the diversity he encountered on the course.

Nayla Tabbara is a Sunni Muslim scholar. Fadi Daou is a Maronite priest and theologian. Both are from Lebanon. Together they have discovered something startling about God.

Church leaders, led by Pope Tawadros II and Pope Francis, were gathered to pray for the people of Egypt, for unity, for peace and justice in St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, the chapel next to Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral that was bombed in December 2016, now restored.

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.

La protección de la libertad y la dignidad humanas que ofrecen las comunidades religiosas es una contribución fundamental a la consolidación de la paz, declaró Su Toda Santidad el Patriarca Ecuménico Bartolomé I, en su intervención durante la Conferencia Internacional de la Paz de Al-Azhar, celebrada los días 27 y 28 de abril en Egipto.

In a joint communiqué issued on 27 April, delegations from the WCC and the Muslim Council of Elders jointly stressed the importance of valuing diversity, assuring equal rights, and of being able to build mutual relationships with others.

En un comunicado conjunto emitido el 27 de abril, las delegaciones del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) y del Consejo Musulmán de Ancianos hicieron hincapié en la importancia de valorar la diversidad, garantizar los mismos derechos y poder establecer relaciones mutuas con otros.

Speaking at the Al-Azhar International Peace Conference on 27-28 April in Egypt, the Ecumenical Patriarch, His All-Holiness Bartholomew I, Pope Francis and WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit address topics of misinterpretation of religious text, the culture of peace in religion, and global peace and how it is affected by poverty, illness and exploitation.

En sus intervenciones durante la Conferencia Internacional de la Paz de Al-Azhar, los días 27 y 28 de abril, en Egipto, Su Toda Santidad Patriarca Ecuménico Bartolomé I, el papa Francisco y el Secretario General del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), el Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, hablan de la tergiversación de los textos religiosos, de la cultura de la paz en la religión, y de la paz mundial y de las formas en que esta se ve afectada por la pobreza, la enfermedad y la explotación.

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.

WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit joined other speakers at a side event of the 34th session of the UN Human Rights Council on 7 March. The speakers, which also included Metropolitan Hilarion, chairman of the Department of External Church Relations for the Russian Orthodox Church, addressed the topic of “Mutual Respect and Peaceful Coexistence as a Condition of Interreligious Peace and Stability: Supporting Christians and Other Communities.”

As part of an ongoing, multiyear project called “Walking Together,” an international and interreligious group met in Nicosia, Cyprus, from 6-8 December to explore different facets of the theme “Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace,” which undergirds the World Council of Church’s programmatic focus.

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 visit of the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, H.E. Professor Dr Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, to the World Council of Churches (WCC) last week brought together two premier institutions strongly oriented to leadership in peacebuilding and interreligious dialogue.

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.

Un diálogo celebrado los días 30 de septiembre y 1 de octubre en Ginebra (Suiza) entre el Consejo Musulmán de Ancianos y el CMI se centró en el papel de las religiones en la promoción de la paz y la lucha contra la violencia. Las dos sesiones de charlas, organizadas por el CMI, incluyeron presentaciones y debates sobre los aspectos clave del establecimiento de la paz y el diálogo interreligioso, y prestaron especial atención a la lucha contra el extremismo religioso que degenera en violencia en muchas partes del mundo.

“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.

“Hacia un mundo integrado” es el tema de la oportunidad para el diálogo entre musulmanes y cristianos que se presentó durante la visita de dirigentes religiosos de Egipto al Centro Ecuménico de Ginebra y al Instituto Ecuménico de Bossey en Suiza del 30 de septiembre al 1 de octubre de 2016.