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Interfaith dialogue
May. 9th, 2007 01:56 pmThe Fifth Doha Conference of Interfaith Dialogue is going on right now. It's mostly during work hours, so I haven't been able to go, but there are lots of news reports coming out of it.
Judaism has apparently been a hot topic so far, with "angry outbursts being witnessed at the conference against the Jews." A rabbi felt the need to remind the Peninsula that not all Jews are Zionists. This is only the second year that Jews have been invited to the interfaith dialogue, and once again Qaradawi boycotted as a result.
Western misconceptions about Muslim women have been discussed, with a Swiss Muslimah noting that Westerners believe that "Islam does not give women equality with men; woman is considered as half of man; Islam has given the right to man to buy a woman giving her a dowry (Mahr); Muslim women are confined in their houses and not allowed to go out and mingle with the larger society; Islam does not give woman the right to divorce" and that "Muslim women who wear Hijab (head cover) are doing so under compulsion from their husbands or other members of the family."
Muslim-Christian relations are also discussion, with Lebanon and Jerusalem being upheld as examples of interfaith unity. (The Peninsula can't quite resist discussing "Israel's sinister plans" in the latter article, though.) A Syrian Orthodox archbishop and a Kuwaiti Catholic bishop also commented on the value of interfaith dialogue.
For reference, these are the nine recommendations agreed upon by the previous interfaith dialogue: ( Recommendations )
Judaism has apparently been a hot topic so far, with "angry outbursts being witnessed at the conference against the Jews." A rabbi felt the need to remind the Peninsula that not all Jews are Zionists. This is only the second year that Jews have been invited to the interfaith dialogue, and once again Qaradawi boycotted as a result.
Western misconceptions about Muslim women have been discussed, with a Swiss Muslimah noting that Westerners believe that "Islam does not give women equality with men; woman is considered as half of man; Islam has given the right to man to buy a woman giving her a dowry (Mahr); Muslim women are confined in their houses and not allowed to go out and mingle with the larger society; Islam does not give woman the right to divorce" and that "Muslim women who wear Hijab (head cover) are doing so under compulsion from their husbands or other members of the family."
Muslim-Christian relations are also discussion, with Lebanon and Jerusalem being upheld as examples of interfaith unity. (The Peninsula can't quite resist discussing "Israel's sinister plans" in the latter article, though.) A Syrian Orthodox archbishop and a Kuwaiti Catholic bishop also commented on the value of interfaith dialogue.
For reference, these are the nine recommendations agreed upon by the previous interfaith dialogue: ( Recommendations )
