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  • ANTELIAS: Aram I to Muslim clerics on Common values in conviviality

    PRESS RELEASE
    Catholicosate of Cilicia
    Communication and Information Department
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    'COMMON VALUES SHOULD BE THE CORE OF CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM CONVIVIALITY'
    SAID ARAM I TO MUSLIM CLERICS

    On Monday 9 January 2012, a delegation composed of Sunni and Shi'a clerics
    visited His Holiness Aram I. The visit lasted for more than an hour, during
    which they discussed the importance of strengthening relations between
    Christianity and Islam by emphasizing common religious values. His Holiness
    said. "As followers of Monotheistic religions, we have shaped our thoughts,
    traditions and cultures according to our religious values; living together
    has helped us identify common values. We should insist once more that these
    common values become the foundation for our conviviality."

    The clerics, who agreed that the two religions should strengthen their
    relationship, added their view that "the strong presence of the West in the
    Middle East, with its values and life-style was having a negative impact on
    the region, on family life and the youth." They then proposed to meet more
    often with His Holiness Aram I and continue reflections. As a first step His
    Holiness proposed that institutions of theological education organize
    lectures on Christianity and Islam by exchanging faculty.
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    Photos: http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos664.htm




    From: A. Papazian
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