Bonner Querschnitte 38/2017 Ausgabe 499 (eng)

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World Evangelical Alliance is satisfied with its Program of Dialogue with Islamic Leaders

The Associate Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), Thomas Schirrmacher, has drawn a positive conclusion regarding its international program of dialog with leading Muslim clerics around the world.

Ägypten – Großmufti Schawki Ibrahim AllamShortly after having been inducted as WEA Secretary General, Bishop Efraim Tendero (Manila) gave the Office for Intrafaith and Interfaith Relations (OIIR), headed by Thomas Schirrmacher together with Bishop Cesar Vicente P. Punzalan, III (Manila), the assignment of conducting annual dialogues with ten individuals from the top level of leadership of Islam in a particular country or from global Islamic movements. They are supported in their efforts by the expertise of the WEA’s International Institute of Islamic Studies, which is under the Islamic studies specialist from Bonn, Christine Schirrmacher, as well as the WEA Global Ambassador, Brian Stiller.

The foundation set was the global Christian declaration, ‘Christian Witness in a Multi-Religious World’, which was adopted in 2011 by the Vatican, the World Council of Churches, and the WEA. Dialogue is integrated into the missionary mandate and is reflected in the document’s beginning words: “Mission belongs to the very being of the church.” At the same time, however, dialogue is indispensable: ‘Christian Witness in a Multi-Religious World’ also includes dialogue with people who are adherents of other religions and cultures (Acts 17:22-28). Christians should “build relationships of respect and trust with people of all religions, in particular at institutional levels between churches and other religious communities, engaging in on-going interreligious dialogue as part of their Christian commitment. In certain contexts, where years of tension and conflict have created deep suspicions and breaches of trust between and among communities, interreligious dialogue can provide new opportunities for resolving conflicts, restoring justice, healing of memories, reconciliation and peace-building.”

Ahmadiyya – Kalif Hadhrat Mirza Masroor AhmadSince that time, every month at some location on the globe, Thomas Schirrmacher, Christine Schirrmacher, Bishop Cesar Vicente P. Punzalan III, Brian Stiller, Rosalee Velosso Ewell as well as Thomas K. Johnson and others have conducted official dialogues with a grand mufti in a particular country or with leading Islamic theologians or heads of Islamic movements such as the Bektashi and Ahmadiyya movements.

According to Schirrmacher, it is not only the convictions of both sides which are presented and relationships which are developed in the process. Rather, it is often the situation facing persecuted religious minorities and other sensitive issues which are discussed. All in all, Schirrmacher is very satisfied that there is success in linking relationships based upon reconciliation and human rights to a clear witness of faith.

Schirrmacher added that this clearly has to do with the top level. At the same time, Evangelical leaders conducted innumerable meetings with Muslim leaders on local, national, and regional levels.


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  • Photos (if not other mentioned © BQ / Warnecke):
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 1: Egypt – Grand Mufti Shawki Ibrahim Allam
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 2: Ahmadiyya – Kalif Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 3: Albania – Grand Mufti Skënder Bruçaj
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 4: Alevita – Chair in Germany Hüseyin Mat (with Volker Beck, MP)
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 5: Algeria – With the President of the Algerian Muslims in Europe
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 6: Azerbaijan – Discussion with Caucasus Muslim Board
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 7: Azerbaijan – Rashad Aliyarli, vice-chair of the Caucasus Muslim Board
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 8: Australia/Maledives – Quran scholar Abdullah Saeed
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 9: Bahrain – Sheikh Maytham Al Salman
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 10: Bangladesh – President of the Parlament
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 11: Bektaschi, Head of Sufi Order – Haxhi Baba Edmond Brahimaj
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 12: Bosnia – Grand Mufti Mustafa Efendi Ceric (bis 2012)
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 13: Gambia – Sharia Judge Sheikh Lewis
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 14: Indonesia – Din Syamsuddin, Chair, Indonesian Ulema Council Center, Jakarta
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 15: Iran – S. Abulhasan Navab, President, University of Religions, Qom, Iran © L’Osservatore Romano
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 16: Iran – Seyed Mohammad Ali Abtahi, President, Institute for Interreligious Dialogue, Teheran, Iran 
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 17: Lebanon – Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 18: Lebanon – High Sharia Judge, Saida
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 19: Montenegro – Grand Mufti of Montenegro (beside the President of Albania)
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 20: Pakistan – Muhammad Abd-ul-Khabìr Azad, Grand Imam of the Central Moisque in Lahore, Pakistan
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 21: Pakistan – Maulana Uzair Albazi (Muhammad Musa Albazi University)
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 22: Pakistan – General Secretary Muhammad Hanif Jalandhari (Wafaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia)
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 23: Pelestine – Grand Mufti Muhammad Ahmad Hussein
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 24: Serbia – Grand Mufti Muhamed Jusufspahic
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 25: Singapore – Mohamed Imram
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 26: Turkey – Grand Mufti of Istanbul Rahmi Yaran CS
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 27: Turkey – Grand Mufti of Istanbul Rahmi Yaran TS
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 28: Turkey – Mufti of Istanbul Mustafa Çagrici (til 2011)
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 29: Tunesia – Abdelfattah Mourou, Ennahda, Vice-President of the Tunisian Parlament
    • Leitet Herunterladen der Datei einPhoto 30: Usbekistan – Mufti of Usbekistan
  • Photo gallery with all photos: Öffnet externen Link in neuem Fensterhttps://www.thomasschirrmacher.net/pictures/dialogue-with-islamic-leaders/

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