Confronting Violence, Extremism Possible Through Interfaith Dialogue
Abuzar Ebrahimi Torkaman made the remark while addressing the opening ceremony of religious dialogue between Iran and the World Council of Churches on Saturday, February 15.
“Today, the world community is facing a wave of extremism, violence and religiphobia. Uprooting it and promoting peace and security in the world is possible through dialogue among religions that have common grounds in this area,” he stated.
Ebrahimi Torkaman referred to the desecration of religious sanctities in the world and said the followers of Divine religions in a united front have stood up against these insults and condemned acts of desecration.
Also addressing the ceremony was head of the ICRO’s Center for Interfaith Dialogue Ali Mohammad Helmi.
He said spirituality is the solution to humanity’s fundamental problems today.
Helmi also stressed that interfaith dialogue helps Divine religions adopt common stances about the worries and problems of present-day humanity.
The 7th interfaith dialogue between Iran and the World Council of Churches is being hosted by the ICRO’s Center for Interfaith Dialogue in Tehran.
Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Taskhiri, Supreme Leader’s senior advisor, Olav Fykse Tveit, secretary general of the World Council of Churches, and Hojat-ol-Islam Yunesi, special assistant to Iran’s president were present at the event’s opening ceremony.
Head of the Islamic Culture and Thought Research Center Hojat-ol-Islam Rashad and Archbishop Sebuh Sarkisian, Armenian Orthodox primate of the diocese of Tehran, were among other participants at the ceremony.
16 papers are planned to be presented in the two-day interfaith dialogue meeting, featuring a range of topics such as spirituality and modern humanities, spirituality and modern technology, spirituality and modern philosophy, and spirituality and modern arts.
