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From Washington National Cathdral
Following Pope Francis' recent visit to Turkey during which he offered prayers in the 17th century Sultan Ahmet Mosque, Washington National Cathedral participated in a Summit of Christian and Muslim Religious Leaders in Rome, Italy.
The effort was first launched in 2010 by the National Cathedral, the Rt Revd John Bryson Chane, the 8th Bishop of Washington and Senior Advisor for Interfaith Relations, Washington National Cathedral, and the Revd Canon John L. Peterson, Director of the Cathedral’s Center for Global Justice and Reconciliation.
“An interesting and shared strength of Christianity and Islam is their engagement with politics and religion ... [Thus] Christianity and Islam have at this moment in time a great opportunity to work together effectively with governments and civil societies currently in turmoil, ” stated Bishop Chane in a “Call to Action” released following the Summit.
Drawing clergy and religious scholars from five continents, the Summit was titled “Christians and Muslims: Believers in Society” and was attended by Shi’ite, Sunni, Anglican/Episcopal and Roman Catholic leaders.
This year’s three-day conference emphasized the strengths and challenges facing Christianity and Islam. One of the Summit’s principal areas of discussion engaged the ways the two religions can work together to create an overarching culture of peace and harmony. Attendants were also invited to a Private Audience with the Pope.
The released “Call to Action” called for peace in areas of violent conflict, recognized the progress that has been made and must be continued to be made for the protection of women, and condemned the use of religion to legitimize any unjust action. Additionally, the “Call to Action” emphasized the great need to develop a sense of well-being and fraternity among Christians and Muslims.
A full list of Summit delegation members is included below.
More information can be found on the National Cathedral website.
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NAME
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TITLE & INSTITUTION
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CATHOLIC DELEGATION
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His Eminence Jean-Louis Cardinal Tauran,
Principal
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President, Pontifical Council forInterreligious Dialogue, Vatican City
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His Eminence John Cardinal Onaiyekan
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Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria
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His Eminence Theodore Cardinal McCarrick
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Archbishop Emeritus, Archdiocese of Washington, DC, USA
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H.E. Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo
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Archbishop of Jakarta, Indonesia
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H.E. Jean-Paul Vesco
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Bishop of Oran, Algeria
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Mons. Khaled Akasheh
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Head Officer for Islam, Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, Vatican City
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Rev. Fr. Timothy Radcliffe, OP
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Master General Emeritus, Order of Preachers
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Prof. Joseph Maila
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Professor of International Relations and International Mediation and Negotiation at Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (ESSEC), Paris,
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Dr. Roula Talhouk
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Senior lecturer at the Faculty of Religious Sciences, Director of the Cedric Documentation and research Center for Islamic- Christian Studies, Coordinator of the Master in Islamic-Christian Relations, Saint-Joseph University- Beirut
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EPISCOPAL- ANGLICAN DELEGATION
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The Right Reverend John Bryson Chane, Principal
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Eighth Bishop of the Diocese of Washington & Senior Advisor on Interreligious Dialogue to Washington National Cathedral, USA
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The Most Reverend Suheil Dawani
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The Anglican Archbishop of Jerusalem, Episcopal Diocese in Jerusalem
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The Most Reverend Bolly Lapok
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Archbishop of Southeast Asia and Bishop of Kuching, Malaysia
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The Right Reverend Josiah Fearon
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The Anglican Bishop of Kaduna, Nigeria
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Dr. Clare Amos
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Programme Executive for Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation, World Council of Churches
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The Reverend Chloe Breyer
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Executive Director, InterfaithCenter of New York, USA
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Ms. Ruth Frey
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Director of Programmes,Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC, USA
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The Reverend Dr. Kathy J. Nelson (unable to attend due to illness)
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President, F.I.S.H. Foundation, Inc., Plainsboro, New Jersey USA
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SHIA DELEGATION
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Ayatollah Sayyed Prof. Mostafa
Mohaghegh Damad
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Director of Islamic Studies, IranAcademy of Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Sayyed Jawad Al-Khoei
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Secretary-General, Al-Khoei Foundation, Al Najaf, Iraq
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Dr. Mrs. Shah razed Houshmand Zadeh
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Professor of Islamic Studies at the Center for the Study of Theology of Religions, Faculty of Missiology, Gregorian University, Rome, Italy
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Dr. Muhammad Ali Helmi
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Secretary General, Islamic National Consensus Movement (INCM). Head of Strategic Studies Office (SSO). Assistant Chairman, Islamic Christian Relations Council (ICRC), Kuwait
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Dr. Sayyed Ataollah Mohajerani
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Scholar, London, UK
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Mr. Zuhair A. Al-Mahmeed
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Secretary General - Islamic National Consensus Movement (INCM). Head of Strategic Studies Office (SSO). Assistant Chairman - Islamic Christian Relations Council (ICRC), Kuwait.
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Mr. Saoud Elmawla
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Professor at the Institute of Social Sciences, Beirut, Lebanon
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Dr. Rasoul Rasoulipour
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Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
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SUNNI DELEGATION
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HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan
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Chairman of the Board of Trustees RIIFS, Chairman of the Board of Trustees FIIRD
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H.E. Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Kabbani
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Former Grand Mufti of Lebanon
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Dr Muzammil Siddiqi
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President, Fiqh Council of North America
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Dr. Shuja Shafi
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Secretary General, Muslim Council of Britain
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Prof. Dr. Mualla Selcuk
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Professor of Religious Education, Divinity Faculty and Director of Continuing Education Center Ankara University, Turkey
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H.E. Idriss Jazairy
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Former Algerian Ambassador to Washington
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Professor Adnane Mokrani
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Professor of Islamic Studies and Muslim-Christian Relations at the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, Rome Professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome
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Mr Ilie Salim Hleihel
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Counsellor to Former Grand Mufti of Lebanon
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HONOURED GUESTS
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His Eminence Metropolitan Emmanuel (Adamakis) of France
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Metropolitan of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of France
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Rabbi Abraham Skorka
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Head of the Latin American Rabbinical Seminary of the Conservative Movement in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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SPECIAL GUESTS
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Ambassador William Miller
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Member, Woodrow Wilson Centre, USA; Senior Consultant, Search for Common Ground, Brussels, Belgium
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Mrs. Amy Goldman
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President, GHR Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
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Mr. Charbel Antoun
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Guest of Episcopal-Anglican Delegation
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STEERING GROUP
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Mons. Khaled Akasheh
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Head Officer for Islam, Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, Vatican City
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The Reverend Canon John L. Peterson
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Director, Centre for Global Justice and Reconciliation, Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC, USA
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Mons. Robert J. Vitillo
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Head of Caritas Internationalis Delegation to the UN in Geneva
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Dr Muzammil Siddiqi
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President, Fiqh Council of North America
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Dr. Muhammad Ali Helmi
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Secretary General, Islamic National Consensus Movement (INCM). Head of Strategic Studies Office (SSO). Assistant Chairman, Islamic Christian Relations Council (ICRC), Kuwait
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