Imams
and priests promote the "culture of encounter" preaching together in
schools in Minya
The collective "mission" of
a large group of imam linked to al Azhar – the biggest theological center of
Sunni Islam - and Coptic priests, who for a few days together visited the
schools in the Egyptian province of Minya to meet the students and promote the
culture of encounter and of peace during conferences and debates, enhancing it
as the basis of peaceful social and religious coexistence. The initiative, supported by the Grand Imam
of Al Azhar Ahmad al-Tayyeb and Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II, aims to
strengthen the fabric of national solidarity and to promote mutual tolerance
based on shared values, starting with compassion and solidarity towards fellow
citizens in need. "The meetings in schools - says to Agenzia Fides Anba
Botros Fahim Awad Hanna, Coptic Catholic Archbishop of Minya - was held under
the auspices of the "House of the Egyptian family", the
inter-religious body created years ago by the Great Imam of Al Azhar and the
Coptic Orthodox Patriarch and revitalized in recent times as a tool to prevent
and mitigate sectarian conflicts, in a time when the upsurge of sectarianism
fundamentalist seemed to endanger national unity; there are 40 Imams and
priests, and all serve for unity and peace. A similar initiative already took
place a few weeks ago in some schools in Cairo". The program gradually
involves schools in other areas of the Country affected – such as the province
of Minya - by sectarian conflicts. (Agenzia Fides)
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