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    RELIGIOUS LEADERS COME TOGETHER FOR TOURISM
    By Aslihan Aydin, Ankara

    Zaman Online, Turkey
    May 1 2006

    "Faith Tourism Days III" jointly organized by Turkey's Department
    of Religious Affairs and Travel Agencies Association (TURSAB) will
    bring religious leaders together for a three day meeting chaired by
    the Director of Religious Affairs Professor, Ali Bardakoglu.

    Leaders of different religious communities in Turkey including
    Turkish-Armenian Patriarch Mesrob Mutafyan, Turkish Jews Chief Rabbi
    Isak Haleva, Istanbul Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomeos, and
    Syriac Catholic Community Patriarchal Vicar Bishop Yusuf Sag will
    come together for this meeting.

    The organization will be held in the Anatolia Auditorium at the
    Istanbul Lutfi Kirdar International Congress Center on March 12-13-14.

    The Third Faith Tourism Days meeting is perceived as the "meeting of
    religions" for the spiritual leaders, while travel agencies see it is
    an important step to developing an alternative to sea-sand-sun tourism.

    Ali Bardakoglu will chair the first session titled, "Concept of
    traveling and visitors in religions."

    The panel titles of the second days are: "Istanbul: Intersection of
    Civilizations," "Leaders and evidence of organized religions in the
    Balkans," "Religious tourist sites in Istanbul and its surrounding
    neighborhood," and "The past, present and future of living in Istanbul,
    an example of multiculturalism."

    Tourist traders will make speeches on the last day of the meeting
    as part of the discussion titled, "The past, present and future of
    faith tourism."

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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