WCD holds Fifth session

Madrid, July 19, SPA -- World Conference on Dialogue (WCD) held its
Fifth session here this morning under the theme of "Disseminating of
Culture and Co-existence of Dialogue", which was chaired by Dr.
Riyadh Jurjour, Secretary General of Arab Team for Islamic-Christian
Dialogue in the United States.


During the session, the participants discussed four working papers.
These were as follows: "Media and Its Impact on Disseminating the
Culture of Dialogue and Co-existence," by Dr. Nabil Luka Bibawi,
Member of Egypt's Shoura (Consultative) Council; "A Message from the
East on the current Dialogue based on Personal Experience," by Yozo
Atakaki, Professor at Tokyo University and a Member of the
Islamic-Japanese Dialogue Forum; "Dialogue, Peace and Coexistence,"
by Dr. William Baker, President of Christians and Muslims for Peace;
"Role of Women in Disseminating Culture of Co-existence and
Dialogue," by Dr. Makeya Najar, a Spanish researcher in international
relations and Muslims in Europe.


--SPA