Iran, Russia to Hold 9th Religious Dialogue

The 9th round of dialogues between The Center for Interfaith and Civilizations Dialogue and Russian Orthodox Church will be held on August 25 in Tehran.

Al-Zahra Husseyniyyah of the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization will host this edition of the meeting to be attended by Iranian religious and cultural figures and Orthodox Christian intellectuals from Russia.

“Approaches to reach mutual understanding between Islam and Christianity” is the main theme of the 9th dialogue.

The participants will discuss extremism and how to counter it, religious minorities and the necessity of peaceful coexistence in the world and commemoration of martyrs in view of Islam and Christianity.

An investigation and criticism of the 8 previous rounds of the dialogue during 17 years, the opportunities, challenges and methods of boosting cooperation will be among the themes of the dialogue.

The dialogue will continue for two days on August 25 and 26.

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