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Par Emma Halgren (*)

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Des représentants des Eglises d'Irak ont réitéré leur volonté d'oeuvrer ensemble, avec tous les citoyens irakiens, à la réconciliation et au rétablissement de la paix dans le pays. Â

Representatives of churches in Iraq confirmed their commitment to work together with all Iraqi citizens for reconciliation and rebuilding peace in the country.

La participation égale et la responsabilité partagée dans la société sont à la base d'une coexistence pacifique entre chrétiens et musulmans: c'est ce qu'ont déclaré les participants à un symposium interreligieux qui se tenait la semaine dernière à Téhéran, Iran. Les participants ont souligné l'importance d'apprendre ce qu'est la foi de l'autre et critiqué les "médias irresponsables".

Equal participation and shared responsibility in society are at the basis of a peaceful coexistence between Christians and Muslims, stated participants at an inter-religious symposium in Tehran, Iran last week. They highlighted the value of learning from each other's faith and criticized "irresponsible media".

The United States Conference for the World Council of Churches, meeting in Washington, D.C. in annual session under the theme of "Making peace: Claiming God's promise," is hearing from Christian activists who have dedicated their lives to making peace a reality.

To achieve reconciliation takes nothing less than the transformation of society, the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia said in Managua, during a 2-5 November visit to Nicaragua.

Il ne peut y avoir de réconciliation sans transformation de la société, a déclaré à Managua le pasteur Samuel Kobia, secrétaire général du Conseil oecuménique des Eglises (COE), à l'occasion d'une visite qui l'a conduit au Nicaragua du 2 au 5 novembre.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia has said that "one of the greatest problems facing the world today is religious extremism."

Par Naveen Qayyum (*)

By Naveen Qayyum (*)

A recent dialogue held in late July at Yale University in the United States brought together Muslim and Christian scholars, intellectuals, academics and religious leaders from the United States and around the world. The event was one of a series of dialogues organized in response to the October 2007 open letter "A Common Word" sent by 138 Muslim scholars to Christians around the world. The letter invited them to dialogue about what they viewed as the common parts of their respective faiths.

Maurice Malanes (*)

By Maurice Malanes (*)