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Tue, 07/15/2008 - 19:15
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King Abdullah to patronize world conference on dialogue

Madrid, July 15, SPA -- The Custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz will patronize here tomorrow the inauguralceremony of the world conference on dialogue.

The 3-day conference, organized by Makkah-based Muslim World League, will be hosted by Spain. The conference comes in line with the call of King Abdullah to convene an international conference on dialogue with the participation of the persons who are concerned with dialogue from the followers of the various heavily messages, civilizations andcultures.

More than 200 distinguished personalities from the followers of the heavenly messages and cultures from the various countries of theworld will participate in the conference. The conference aims at certain goals including underlining the importance of the religion as basic component for the human communities, and to getting acquainted with the experiences of dialogues.

The goals also include beginning from a unified vision for the future and development of the dialogue and studying the obstacles that face it in addition to an international coordination for confronting the stands that contradict with the social values as well as working for enhancing the moral values and noble practices, and confronting libertinism and vices as well family disunity, and confronting callsfor conflicts and disputes among the nations.

The agenda of the conference includes five working sessions. Four working papers will be discussed on dialogue in Islam, Christianity, Judaism and the oriental beliefs. The working papers also include the importance of dialogue in the human community, the impact of dialogue in coexistence, the impact of dialogue on the international relations.

The conference will also review morals in the contemporary human community, the significance of religion and values in combating crime, drugs and corruption, the religion and family and their rolein the stability of the society, the protection of the environment.

Meanwhile, the conference will review the efforts of the countries and international organizations in enhancing dialogue, spreading the culture of dialogue and coexistence in addition to papers on the role of the media in spreading the culture of dialogue and coexistence,and the role of dialogue in coexistence and peace.


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