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Titulo: El CMI convoca una consulta internacional  Cristiano - musulmana

Consejo Mundial de Iglesias
Comunicado de prensa No. 02-26
Para difusisn inmediata
8 de octubre de 2002

El CMI convoca una consulta internacional  Cristiano - musulmana

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) acogera una consulta internacional sobre
"Cristianos y Musulmanes en y mas alla del dialogo". La consulta, de tres
dmas, tendra lugar del 16 al 18 de octubre de 2002 en el Centro Ecuminico de
Ginebra, Suiza.

El Dr Tarek Mitri, del Sector de Relaciones y Dialogo Interreligiosos del
CMI, dice que el CMI ha invitado a 40 participantes a reunirse para realizar
"un examen crmtico del estado actual de las relaciones entre sus respectivas
comunidades y una evaluacisn de lo que se ha conseguido." Aqade que los
debates incluiran "una exploracisn de prioridades para el futuro", que segzn
las previsiones se orientaran hacia la accisn comzn a nivel local.

La reunisn sera copresidida por el moderador del CMI,  S.S. Aram I, patriarca
de la Sede de Cilicia de la Iglesia Apostslica Armenia (Antelias, Lmbano) y
el Dr Mohamed S. El-Awa, abogado y jurisperito de Egipto. 

El dma de la apertura tomaran la palabra, en torno al tema "Reflexiones sobre
el estado actual de las relaciones entre musulmanes y cristianos", los
siguientes participantes: 

Excmo. Dr Abdelouahed Belkeziz, secretario general de la Organizacisn de la
Conferencia Islamica 

Excmo.	Sayyid Mohammad Ali Abtahi, presidente del Instituto para el Dialogo
Interreligioso y vicepresidente de la Repzblica Islamica del Iran   

Excmo. Dr Mohamed Ahmed Al-Sherif, secretario general, "Islamic Call Society"

Excmo. Dr Hamid Bin Ahmand Al-Rifaie, presidente, Foro Islamico Internacional
para el Dialogo

Los puntos de vista cristianos seran presentados por el Excmo. Arzobispo
Michael Fitzgerald, presidente del "Consejo para el Dialogo Interreligioso"
vaticano y el Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser, secretario general del Consejo Mundial
de Iglesias.					      

Informacisn para el personal de prensa:
Se invita a los periodistas a asistir a las sesiones en el Centro Ecuminico
en Ginebra el miircoles 16 de octubre hasta las 16.00 horas. 
Una conferencia de prensa en inglis tendra lugar a las 12.30 en la Sala
Principal del Centro Ecuminico.    
Los participantes concederan entrevistas previa solicitud. El Centro esta
equipado con una lmnea ISDN.  

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El texto siguiente es disponible en inglis solamente.

International Consultation on "Christians and Muslims in Dialogue and Beyond"
Geneva, October 16-18, 2002

Schedule of sessions open to the media:

16 October

09.00-10.30	
Opening remarks and presentation of program
*  H.H. Catholicos Aram I of Cilicia, 
Moderator of the World Council of Churches' Central Committee

11.00-12.30 
Reflections on the present state of Muslim-Christian Relations
*  H.E. Dr Abdelouahed Belkeziz, Secretary-General of the 
Organization of the Islamic Conference	
*  H.E. Dr Mohamed Ahmed Al-Sherif, General Secretary, 
Islamic Call Society  
*  H.E. Dr Hamid Bin Ahmad Al-Rifaie President, 
International Islamic Forum for Dialogue

14.30-16.00	
Reflections on the present state of Muslim-Christian Relations
* H.E. Sayyid Mohammad Ali Abtahi 
President of the Institute for Inter-Religious Dialogue,  
Vice-President, Islamic Republic of Iran
* Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser General Secretary, 
World Council of Churches,
* H.E. Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, Secretary, 
Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue

Participants list:

Dr Mahdi Abdul Hadi, President, Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of
International Affairs (PASSIA), Jerusalem
H.E. Sayyid Mohammad Ali Abtahi, Vice-President of the Islamic Republic of
Iran
Dr Martin Affolderbach, Christian-Muslim and Inter-Religious Affairs,
Secretary - EKD, Germany
Dr. Seyed Amir Akrami, Secretary for Inter-Religious Dialogue, Islami Culture
and Relations, Iran
Prof Dr Hamid Bin Ahmed Al-Rifaie, President, International Islamic Forum for
Dialogue, Saudi Arabia
Dr Mohamed Ahmed Al-Sherif, General Secretary, Islamic Call Society, Libya
H.H. Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia, Armenian Apostolic Church, Antelias,
Lebanon (Co-moderator) 
Bishop Samuel R. Azariah, Church of Pakistan, member of the WCC advisory
group on Inter-Religious Relations and Dialogue
Rev. Dr John Azumah, member of the WCC advisory group on Inter-Religious
Relations and Dialogue; Union Biblical Seminary, Pune, India
Rev. Dr Jean-Claude Basset, Project Dialogue, Geneva, Switzerland
H.E. Dr Abdelouahed Belkeziz, Secretary-General, Organization of the Islamic
Conference, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Dr Abdeslam Bou-Imajdil, Professor, Morocco
Dr Mohamed S. El-Awa, author and lawyer, President, Egyptian Association for
Dialogue and Culture
Dr Asghar Ali Engineer, Director, Centre for Study of Society and Secularism,
Mumbai, India
Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, President, Pontifical Council for
Inter-Religious Dialogue, Rome; member of the WCC advisory group on
Inter-Religious Relations and Dialogue
Ms Josien Folbert, Interfaith Relations, Uniting Church of the Netherlands,
member of the WCC advisory group on Inter-Religious Relations and Dialogue
Dr Vivian Fouad, Director, Coptic Centre for Social Studies, Egypt
Dr Panayotis G. Fouyas, Professor, Greece
Dr Hanan Ibrahim, Professor, Jordan
Rt. Rev. Josiah Idowu-Fearon, Anglican Bishop of Kaduna, Nigeria
Alhaj Muhammad Sani Isah, Islamic Community Leader, Kaduna, Nigeria
Rev. Dr Riad Jarjour, General Secretary, Middle East Council of Churches,
Cyprus
Prof. Dr Muhammad Hashim Kamali, Professor, Faculty of Law, International
Islamic University in Malaysia
Father Rafiq Khoury, Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Dr Oddbjorn Leirvik, Professor, Norway
Dr Philip Lewis, Professor, Bradford, United Kingdom
Rev. Dr Maake J. Masango, Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa, WCC
Central Committee member, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Mr Samir Morcos, Arab Group on Christian-Muslim Relations, Egypt
Dr Nadia Mahmoud Mostafa, Director, Centre for Political Studies, Cairo
University, Egypt
Mr Ifet Mustafic, Office of the Grand Mufti, Islamic Community in Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Prof. Dr Jorgen S. Nielsen, member of the WCC advisory group on
Inter-Religious Relations and Dialogue; Director, Centre for the Study of
Islam and Chistian-Muslim Relations, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Dr Tariq Ramadan, Professor, Author, Geneva, Switzerland
Rev. Dr Lissi Rasmussen, Islamic-Christian Study Centre, Copenhagen, Norway
Rev. Dr Jay Rock, Office for Interfaith Relations, National Council of
Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
Dr Walid Saif, Professor, Faculty of Arts, University of Jordan
Mr Mohammed Sammak, General Secretary, National Committee for
Christian-Muslim Dialogue, Lebanon
Dr Sayyid M. Syeed, General Secretary, Islamic Society of North America
Dr Jumana Taha, Author, Syria
Rev. Dr Daniel Thigarajah, Executive Secretary, Christian Conference of Asia,
Hong Kong
Rev. Margaret Orr Thomas, member of the WCC advisory group on Inter-Religious
Relations and Dialogue, Interfaith Relations, United Presbyterian Church, USA

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El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) es una comunidad de 342 iglesias,
procedentes de mas de 100 pamses de todos los continentes y de la mayor parte
de las tradiciones cristianas. La Iglesia Catslica Romana no es una iglesia
miembro pero mantiene relaciones de cooperacisn con el CMI. El srgano rector
supremo es la Asamblea, que se rezne aproximadamente cada siete aqos. El CMI
se constituys oficialmente en 1948 en Amsterdam (Pamses Bajos). Al frente del
personal del CMI esta su Secretario General, Konrad Raiser, de la Iglesia
Evangilica de Alemania.

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