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    5TH ISLAM AND ARMENIAN CHURCH DIALOGUE KICKS OFF IN TEHRAN

    Ahlul Bayt News Agency
    http://abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&Id=315237
    May 15 2012
    Iran

    The fifth round of dialogues between the Center for Interreligious
    Dialogue and the Armenian Orthodox Church, Catholicosate of Cilicia,
    kicks off yesterday, May 14, in Tehran.

    (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The fifth round of dialogues between the
    Center for Interreligious Dialogue and the Armenian Orthodox Church,
    Catholicosate of Cilicia, kicks off yesterday, May 14, in Tehran.

    Titled "The Role of Religion in Promotion of Ethical Values in the
    Society", the forum has been organized by the Organization for Culture
    and Islamic Relations in cooperation with Armenian Orthodox Church.

    A number of officials and experts including Dr Mohammad Baqer
    Khorramshad, head of the organization, Ayatollah Taskhiri, Secretary
    General of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of
    Thought, Archbishop Sebuh Sarkisian, the Armenian Orthodox primate
    of the diocese of Tehran, Patriarch Aram Keshishian, Catholicos
    of Cilicia for the Armenian Orthodox and Mohammad Reza Dehshiri,
    educational-research deputy of the organization, are among the leading
    figures attending the event.

    Mohammad Reza Dehshiri gave a speech at the meeting and elaborated
    on the cultural commonalities of the two faiths namely Islam and
    Christianity, describing Armenian religious minority as the biggest
    minority group in the country.

    "Islamic Republic of Iran attaches great importance to the status
    and rights of all the religious minorities in the country".

    Referring to the historical aspects of ethics in Islam and
    Christianity, he underscored the pivotal role of ethics in resolving
    crises during the history and described the relationship of Fiqh and
    ethics as crucial in both faiths.

    It is underway at the premises of Culture and Islamic Relations
    Organization.

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