Masarat for cultural and media development in collaboration with Iraqi council for interfaith dialogue opened a dialogue with the intellectual elite and the Academy in Baghdad, through cultural activity in Mutanabi street under the slogan “promote the dialogue and creative diversity” which hosted by al.mada house for the culture and arts : Sayed Jawad al. Khoei , the father Amir jaje dominancy , sheikh Raad al_geelany , sheikh Alaa Aziz , and Mr. Saad salloum presented and administrated the session .
Member of the council explained the background of the establishment of the Council , the father Amir jaje said that the intellectuals elite are the only hope in Iraq , When they disappear that means Iraq disappear, also the father talked about the beginning of the Islamic-Christian Dialogue Initiative which turned out after three years to Iraqi council for interfaith dialogue , then the father moved to explain the challenges of the Christian presence in Iraq , where worsen their situation and targeted while stretching their roots deep in the history of Iraq since the first century then explain other projects carried out by the Council of the Dominican FathersSuch as the establishment of the Academy of Human SciencesTo continue with the role played by Christians in the cultural renaissance in the contemporary history of Iraq and the importance of human values in Iraq.Because of the wars we lost a lot of human values, by this university can rid the country of this nightmare, It contains a lot of Muslim students and others because the aim is to provide a national service for the whole of Iraq .
Sayed Jawadal.khoae began talking Describing the holy city of Najaf Far from being a province within the geographical home. It is a school of thought almost a thousand years old, It has a different theme for the other Islamic schools. Then he talked about dialogue projects undertaken by the Khoei Foundation, which produced the founding partners with the Iraqi Council for Interfaith Dialogue, Stressing the importance of the role of Najaf and openness to dialogue at all levels.
Sheikh Raad al_geelany he announced that he attended in the Mutanabi Street to pray at the altar of knowledge , They practiced a lot closer than in houses of worship. He is happy to meet the good faces Eager to learn something they were ignorant of recognition. He said that the recognition of the essential ,I confess before you that I apologized to God for what is happening in his name in the ground , And apologized to the man wasting his blood and display a theological justification within the framework of religious ideological . Unfortunately turns religion into a wide genocide, loaded with hate groups practiced on the other, and we have a culture where arrogance and exclusion of the other, It is part of our minds. He asks whence comes this aggressiveness and the desire to kill? Geelany explains the last activity of the Council and participation in an international conference in Korea under the title Religion and Peace.
Sheikh Alaa Aziz said the reason for Mandaeans to join this Council is that they are the first inhabitants of the land of Iraq. They added for Mesopotamian civilization many scientists, poets, doctors and intellectuals. Alsowe must do the role played by our grandparentsThrough the provision of service to our country when needed, Where we were happy to join this holy Council. He has been invited to many conferences, but without results. Through this Council we continue to work and meetings going on at the level of religious references and cultural seminars.
Member of the council Mr. Saad salloum Concluded debate when explained the basic idea of this construction is our faith in diversity,do not exist for the national identity of Iraq without this diversity. He said that homeopathy religious and social lead to the division of Iraq, where we lose diversity, because we will be in front of net areas religiously and ethnically, Therefore, we focused on the importance of culture diversity under the slogan of different as groups and as individuals are equal.
After the session has been open discussion and ask opinions they expressed their interaction with symposium and What has been discussed concepts, definitions,opinions. Representatives from religious minorities interventions on the subject of freedom of religion and belief, national identity,citizenship.
