ITEMS OF INTEREST August 25, 2008 Issue

ITEMS OF INTEREST

with contributions from Tito Drago, Jennifer Wezensky

THE JULY 16-18 [World Conference on Dialogue in Madrid], which was attended by 250 people representing Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, and other faiths, was opened on July 16 by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and Kind Juan Carlos of Spain.

"Social dialogue should be not only interreligious but intra-religious as well, to achieve peaceful coexistence in the world," Federico Mayor Zaragoza, head of the Foundation for a Culture of Peace and chair of the Board of Directors of the international news agency IPS (Inter Press Service), said in his speech to the conference....

It was also agreed to organise conferences, symposia, research, and information programmes "to disseminate a culture of peace, understanding and coexistence," and to promote dialogue among followers of all religions.

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