Doha will host tomorrow Tuesday, an international conference on religious freedoms and religious responsibility.
The conference is organized by Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue in partnership with the Interfaith Neighbors Network in the United States of America.
The conference aims to shed light on issues related to coexistence, religious freedom and religious pluralism, from the perspective of religions, legal legislation and human rights, where different religious communities will exchange views to agree on best practices and approaches, to understand each other’s perceptions, and to address existing global issues and problems of concern to all. regardless of their religion.
The conference will discuss, over a period of three days, ways to move from religious freedoms decided by international religions and constitutions to religious responsibility, and this will be done by seeking to find work communities to defend this issue and take more effective measures.
Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue (DICID) Dr. Ibrahim bin Saleh Al Nuaimi said that the center worked tirelessly for years to build bridges between all parties involved to engage in dialogue over the challenges facing peaceful coexistence between followers of different religions.
His Excellency said that the upcoming conference constitutes an example of this international cooperation, which is a continuation of the initiatives of the State of Qatar, which has spared no effort in calling for peace and establishing a culture of dialogue among followers of religions, openness to other civilizations, and its positive role in issues related to dialogue between civilizations and cultures, which led It earned it a prestigious global position and made it one of the world’s most influential countries in such issues.
He pointed out that the State of Qatar, with its wise leadership, is proactive in all these important issues, and it is a country that is always searching for peace and harmony, and has remarkable contributions and roles in these areas.
Regarding the topics on the conference’s agenda, His Excellency said that there are four main axes of the conference that will be discussed through two main dimensions, the first religious and the second legal, in ten sessions and workshops.
He said that the first topic is concerned with discussing religious responsibility, while the second topic discusses how to build trust and mutual peace within religious communities, and between other societies to strengthen communication and interaction between religious communities and the influential decision-makers in their societies and countries.
He added that the participants will focus in the third topic on finding ways to ensure the achievement of the institutional character at the societal level through religious institutions and official and legal procedures, while the fourth axis will be devoted to discussing how to achieve the outcomes of the conference through global frameworks and international and local geographical scopes.
He said that the objectives of the conference are based on creating a platform for discussion and interaction between intellectuals, academics, specialized researchers, and those concerned with the subject and issues of the conference, as well as religious leaders and influential decision-makers to develop solutions and action plans for various difficult issues related to coexistence and religious freedom from the perspective of religions, human rights, and legal legislation.
(QNA)
