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Hopeful signs in Africa for interreligious harmony

Agenzia Fides: Organo di informazione delle Pontificie Opere Missionarie dal 1927

But there are exceptions and weve seen an extraordinary example just in the last week. the anti-defamation league, one of the important organizations battling prejudice and discrimination has repudiated one of the noxious decisions its ever made in its long history. in a piece, jonathan greenblatt, the ceo and director of the adl, talked about its position in the mosque. for those who dont recall, this was a proposed institution modelled after the jewish community center in manhattan with the go...

ASIA/PAKISTAN - Reconciliation between Muslim and Christian hospital staff PAKISTAN 2021-05-12 Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace and reconciliation are always possible. Blessed are the peacemakers. We thank God that the tensions between the Christian and Muslim staff of the Punjab Mental Health Institute have become less frequent and peace, harmony and mutual respect have returned. Muslim and Christian nurses, doctors, along with paramedical staff, offered the common prayer of thank...

ASIA/PAKISTAN - Call of Catholics for the independence of the Commission for Minorities from the government PAKISTAN 2021-03-25 Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - “The working style of the National Commission for Minorities has so far been unsatisfactory. The themes of the meetings have not been made public so far and there are members of the Committee who are not official. Furthermore, the Commission is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interreligious Harmo...

Francis meeting Sistani sent a strong signal for inter-religious dialogue and coexistence Reuters March 07, 2021 IRAQ: Pope Francis walked down a narrow alleyway in the holy city of Najaf to hold a historic meeting with Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric and visited the birthplace of the Prophet Abraham on Saturday to condemn violence in the name of God as “the greatest blasphemy”. The inter-religious events, one in a dusty, built-up city and the other on a desert plain 200 km (125 miles) away,...

‘State to protect rights of every Pakistani’ Peshawar February 19, 2021 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Ulema Council Chairman and Special Representative to Prime Minister on Interreligious Harmony and Middle East Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi on Thursday said the state is responsible for ensuring the protection of the rights of every Pakistani living in the country. Ashrafi said: “We are in constant coordination with human rights organisations and NGOs to invite them to seek solutions to different i...

National February 16, 2021 LAHORE: The Muttahida Ulema Board has termed terrorism, extremism and sectarian violence and killing of innocent people in the name of religion anti-Islam, stating Islamic law and the Constitution have already determined the rights of Muslims and non-Muslims in Pakistan. Addressing a Press Conference here on Monday, Pakistan Ulema Council, Muthahida Ulema Board chairman and Special Representative to Prime Minister on Interreligious Harmony and Middle East Hafiz Tahir...

In Indonesia, KAICIID Fellow Wiwin Rohmawati has launched a COVID-19 mental health support project for vulnerable women.

January 07, 2021 CWN Editors Note: Bishop Samon Shukardin of Hyderabad, who heads the National Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace, has welcomed a new government initiative, the Office for Interreligious Harmony, which has been set up to “help ensure that members of religious minorities do not live in fear.” The above note supplements, highlights, or corrects details in the original source (link above). About CWN news coverage.   Sound Off! CatholicCulture.org supporters weigh in. A...