Ummid Assistant

IDB scholarship forms available at Bhopal's Companion School

IGNOU's preparatory course for students desiring higher education

Welcome Guest! You are here: Home » International

Muslims, Catholics hold inter-faith meet in Vatican

Thursday July 12, 2012 08:40:02 AM, AKI

Vatican City: A group of Muslims and Catholics have met at the Vatican and exchanged views about their relations "in the current situation of the world".

According to a Vatican statement, the Vatican's top inter-faith dialogue official, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran and the president of the International Islamic Forum for Dialogue, Hamid bin Ahmad Al-Rifaie, chaired the meeting.

Tauran is president of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue.

Participants at the meeting "exchanged views about the relations between Christians and Muslim in the current situation of the world", according to the statement.

A second, two-day meeting has been scheduled in Rome in July next year whose theme will be "Believers in front of Materialism and Secularism", the Vatican said.

Eight Muslim and eight Catholic representatives will take part in the meeting.

The Vatican began regular inter-faith meetings with Muslim scholars after 138 Muslim experts wrote a letter in 2007 advocating dialogue with Christians.

The letter came after Pope Benedict XVI gave a speech in Regensburg, Germany in September 2006 quoting remarks by a Byzantine emperor criticising Islam as a violent religion.

The pope later apologised to Muslims after the remarks caused a violent backlash, saying the true meaning of his address "was and is an invitation to frank and sincere dialogue, with great mutual respect".



 




 

 

Home | Top of the Page

Comments

Note: By posting your comments here you agree to the terms and conditions of www.ummid.com

Comments powered by DISQUS

i

i

 

 

 

Top Stories

Court blocks Narayanan-Vajpayee letters on Gujarat riots

The Delhi High Court Wednesday set aside the Central Information Commission (CIC) order allowing disclosure of the correspondence between then president  »

US House resolution asks Gujarat to restore religious freedom

Authorities in Gujarat protecting perpetrators of 2002 riots: HRW

 

  Most Read

Karnataka CM-designate Shettar grapples with ministry formation

Jagadish Shettar, set to take oath Thursday as the Karnataka chief minister, was in New Delhi late Wednesday to meet Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders to decide on ministry formation  »

Syndicate could turn tables on Pranab: Sangma

A "syndicate" could turn the tables on UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee, his rival P.A. Sangma Wednesday said, recalling 1969 when a conscience vote enabled V.V. Giri to win although he was pitted against the official Congress candidate. On the Uttar Pradesh leg of his 'Garo Hills  »

 

  News Pick

For Kashmir panchayats, an endless wait for powers

The Jammu and Kashmir government says it is gradually devolving powers to the grassroots level in the state, but the ground reality appears somewhat different. With an average voter participation of over 75 percent  »

Nationwide lawyers' strike badly hits court proceedings

Work in courts across the country was badly affected Wednesday as around 17 lakh lawyers joined a two-day strike called by the Bar Council of India (BCI) to protest a proposed legislation that could affect its autonomy  »

Supreme Court suspends Sajjan Kumar trial in '84 riots case

The Supreme Court Wednesday suspended the trial of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar for his alleged involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots that took place in the aftermath of then prime »

Nitish likely to support Ansari for vice president

Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) chief Nitish Kumar is likely to back Hamid Ansari for a second term as vice president if the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) declares his candidature, party  »

Congress likely to re-nominate Hamid Ansari

BJP to field its own vice president candidate

 

Picture of the Day

The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students with the world's largest envelope they put on display on May 02, 2012. The envelope earned the premium Institution a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. AMU received a certificate in this regard on June 28, 2012.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

RSS  |  Contact us

 

| Quick links

News

 

Subscribe to

Ummid Assistant

 

National

Science & Technology

RSS

Scholarships

About us

International

Health

Twitter

Government Schemes

Feedback

Regional

History

Facebook

Education

Register

Politics

Opinion

Newsletter

Contact us

Business

Career

Education

     

 

 

Ummid.com: Disclaimer | Terms of Use | Advertise with us | Link Exchange

Ummid.com is part of the Awaz Multimedia & Publications providing World News, News Analysis and Feature Articles on Education, Health. Politics, Technology, Sports, Entertainment, Industry etc. The articles or the views displayed on this website are for public information and in no way describe the editorial views. The users are entitled to use this site subject to the terms and conditions mentioned.

© 2012 Awaz Multimedia & Publications. All rights reserved.