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RIYADH, June 7 (KUNA) -- Participants in the freshly-concluded
International Islamic Conference on Inter-faith Dialogue have recommended
establishing the International King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Center for
Civilizations Interaction for the sake of boosting dialogue among nations of
diverse cultures.
The conferees, in the end of the conference that concluded in the holy city
of Makkah late on Friday, considered the address made by King Abdullah bin
Abdulaziz as a basis for the launch of dialogue among nations for sake of
global peace and co-existence among the diverse peoples of the world.
They called for organizing a special gathering for working out a mechanism
for the global dialogue to contribute in efforts of resolving international
crises, affirmed necessity of cooperation among the various religious
communities and rejected all forms of moralistic deterioration, family
disintegration and unfriendly action against the environment.
They also decided to form a special panel to establish an international
authority for dialogue, recommended follow-up sessions and seminars, unifying
the Muslims' stance vis-a-vis dialogue with other civilizations, called for
involving non-religious figures in such dialogue and exerting efforts to
clarify misconceptions about Islam.
They recommended taking action at the media level to counter distorting
campaigns and confront calls for confrontations among civilizations, urged
international organizations namely the UN to face the culture of hatred among
nations and racist and arrogant attitudes that contradict religious messages
and international charters.
The gathering was organized in support of the Muslim World League and other
Islamic organizations that had been active in the face of distorting campaigns.
The conference kicked off on Wednesday under the patronage of Saudi's King
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz and the auspices of the league. (end)
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