Young leader’s delegation visit DICID

Young leader’s delegation   to the Doha Centre for Interfaith Dialogue

 A young leader’s delegation from Europe and America   visited   DICID  on 20 November 2016, an met with  Dr. Ibrahim Saleh al-Naimi, the Chairman . After welcoming the delegation, presented by Dr. Ibrahim   gave a short  presentation   of  the DICID  activities and including the annual International Conference for Interfaith Dialogue, 

Roundtables which  discuss  issues related to the local  Communities s in Qatar, the DICID’s  interfaith studies magazine, “Adyan”.  In addition to that DICID  provide  workshops targeting  school  students  to train,  educate and aware on  dialogue skills, particularly the religious dialogue,   so that can  contribute to build bridges of communication, understanding, in order  live  with the  acceptance  and respect  of the differences  within ideas cultures and religions as well..

It is worth mentioning that this youth delegation  leaders  from Europe and America,    and representing different areas of specialization,  within the Alliance of Civilizations program , that  aimed  for  deepening the  mutual understanding between Europe, America and the  Arab and Islamic countries, and  such  kind of  cooperation  will empower the young people in those countries, and the future  leaders, to have a better understanding from different traditions within diverse civilizations,  so to exploit that the differences between cultures and religions as a  fruitful way  for mutual  enriching  leading to establish  a peaceful coexistence, mutual respect  and cooperation among peoples

 For their part, the youth delegation praised the center’s efforts to consolidate the culture of  coexistence  and dialogue between religions  and values.

Then the members of delegations asked a number of questions related to DICID’s activities, and the role of Youth in particular.

In this regard, Dr. Ibrahim pointed out that the center has given a priority to the youth sector, and striving to involve regularly the young people in its activities;    the tenth conference focused on that issue, and entitled “the role of youth in promoting the values ​​of dialogue”,  in addition that  the different round tables,   always included,   aspects to youth, by focusing on communities residing in Qatar, which young people represent  the majority .