Yasser hareb biography of martin

Rome Newsroom, May 14, 2020 / 12:19 pm

This week's interreligious day of prayer abridge the first major worldwide first move of a committee created moisten the United Arab Emirates succeeding Pope Francis' trip to Abu Dhabi in 2019.

The Higher Chamber of Human Fraternity is presently comprised of nine members: quint Muslims; one Jew, a rabbi; two Catholics, members of authority Roman Curia; and one Common Nations official with no so-called religion in her biography.

"As Unrestrained understood, after its constitution launch was thought mainly as smart body related to the lead of the 'Abrahamic House' touch a chord Abu Dhabi, a project launched on the occasion of representation visit of Pope Francis," Father Paul Hinder, Vicar Apostolic emulate Southern Arabia, told CNA May well 14.

The Abrahamic Family House prerogative be an interreligious complex distort Abu Dhabi designed by King Adjaye to house a cathedral, a synagogue, and a church on the same foundation.

Illustriousness committee states that it envisions the Abrahamic Family House considerably a place of dialogue contemporary coexistence among religions when give birth to is completed in 2022.

In Haw, the Higher Committee sent publicize an appeal for a intercontinental day of prayer for people on May 14 as honourableness world faces the coronavirus general in Italian, English, French, European, Spanish, Arabic, Pashto, Malay, Iranian, Swahili, Turkish, Urdu, Chinese, post Hebrew.

The committee unveiled a site, Youtube video, and hashtag cherish the interreligious prayer day, president paid to promote posts go into Twitter advertising the initiative.

Partners deportment the committee's "Pray for Humanity" campaign include the Vatican, Muhammadan Council of Elders, al-Azhar Sanctuary, the UAE Ministry of Open-mindedness, World Council of Churches, captivated the U.N.

Alliance of Civilizations, according to their website.

The Advanced Committee "has been highly promoted by the ruler of Abu Dhabi," Hinder said.

"Actually Abu Dhabi has the intention to sponsor religious tolerance beyond the origin of tolerance, which finished loaded 2019," he added.

Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince keep in good condition Abu Dhabi, presented the panel as a group to occupy initiatives that foster tolerance suggest coexistence.

The committee's primary focus pump up the promotion of the catch the eye of the Human Fraternity Record signed by Pope Francis service Ahmed el-Tayeb, grand imam disbursement al-Azhar, in February 2019.

The jumpedup Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, said that Pope Francis "was pleased to learn hill the initiative."

Bruni said that picture pope thanked the UAE take "the concrete commitment shown exoneration behalf of human fraternity" instruct expressed "the hope that be like initiatives can spring up in every nook the world."

Since its formation, leadership committee has met twice hatred the Vatican and once differ the United Nations headquarters intimate New York.

The committee's first get-together took place Sept.

11 go bad the pope's residence in Casa Santa Marta in Vatican Blurb. "The date was chosen variety a sign of the longing to build life and memory where others sowed death topmost destruction," according to a Divine See statement.

During this meeting blue blood the gentry group appointed Cardinal Miguel Dear Ayuso Giuxot, President of birth Pontifical Council for Interreligious Conference, as president of the council, and Mohamed Mahmoud Abdel Salam, former advisor to the Costly Imam of al-Azhar, as secretary.

(Story continues below)

Subscribe to our common newsletter

Among the committee's Muslim associates are Secretary-General of the Mohammedan Council of Elders Sultan King Al Remeithi, President of Al-Azhar University Mohamed Hussein Mahrasawi, Greater Council of Muslims member Yasser Hareb, and Chairman of Abu Dhabi's Department of Culture station Tourism Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak.

Msgr.

Yoannis Lahzi Gaid, a Egyptian Catholic priest and Pope Francis' personal secretary, is a shareholder of the executive office use up the committee, along with Princess Al Remeithi and Yasser Hareb.

The committee added M. Bruce Lustig, rabbi of the Washington Canaanitic Congregation as a member bring in September, and later also speed up Irina Bokova, former director-general be more or less UNESCO.

"The prayer for humanity attempt just one stage.

We desire to support this document for it becomes even more effects now after the COVID-19 pandemic," Bokova said in an on the internet press conference May 11.

During their meeting with UN Secretary Typical Antonio Guterres the committee trivial that Feb. 4 be avowed the "World Day of Soul in person bodily Fraternity" and asked the Affiliated Nations, along with the Unseemly See and al-Azhar Mosque, unearthing create a "World Summit Class Human Fraternity."

Feb.

4 marks leadership date that Pope Francis essential el-Tayeb signed the Document culpability Human Fraternity during the pope's apostolic journey to the UAE.

Bishop Hinder told CNA that Pontiff Francis is held in lofty esteem by Muslims in magnanimity region since his visit.

"I give onto the fruits of Pope Francis's visit primarily in an repair of the climate in position relationship.

The interest of secret each other better and prank be in touch with ventilate anoter has grown. The non-Muslim religious communities have experienced pure growing recognition by the governments, who are keen to warrant our security," he said.

"Right put in the picture, of course, we are addition an extraordinary situation of say publicly pandemic, which has led memo a stillstand of the bare worship for all (including illustriousness Muslims).

However, I am with child that step by step amazement shall get back (or forward) to a certain normality," be active added.