DICID Participates at Interdisciplinary Conference in Rome

18 Dec DICID Participates at Interdisciplinary Conference in Rome

DICID was represented by Dr. Hassan AbdulRahim Al-Sayed, a member of the board of the Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue at a two-day conference on “Sharing Sacred Space: Legal, Theological, And Sociological Perspectives”, that was held between 14-15 December, 2011 in Rome, Italy.
There were papers presented on different aspects of Sacred Space from theological and philosophical to sociological and political and issues related to the legality of Scared Space and religious conflict over such spaces were also discussed.
There were papers also on the historical examples on sharing Sacred Space and discussion about such spaces in religious law. Participants from many countries attended the event including from US, Italy, UK, Netherlands, Turkey, Israel and France.