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Round Table « Youth » :

« Events to promote Peace »

HILTON Hotel, Brussels, Belgium

on 13.09.1997

Topics:

  • Commitment to peace in everyday life in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Brahmanism and Secularism without exclusion.
  • Fundamentalism or Brotherhood - Words that kill - Call for Reconciliation : Leviticus 19/18 : "You shall not take revenche nor bear any grudge against any of your people, instead, you shall love your neighbour as yourself; I am the Lord".

On 13.09.1997 Saturday, about 120 young people from universities and higher education degrees gathered to ask questions to the speakers attending the Meeting. In conclusion three words remained in the mind of the attendance: RELIGION - EDUCATION - PEACE.

 

« All religions have the duty to bring about peace. Education is important for peace. For the sake of the future generations we, as religious leaders, pledge ourselves to learn to work for the reconciliation of people on the ground of the spiritual values of Humanity. »

Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, East Timor
Nobel Peace Prize 1996

 



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School bears its share of responsibility in boxing the spirits of the young. This task is therefore more urgent for those who care about the future of the world, especially for educators, whether religious or secular.

The era when a man could safely lead his existence locked in his native ghetto is over.

Comparative religions should be systematically taught in secular schools. On the other hand, religious schools should ensure that the teaching of the spiritual culture to which they belong be not provided as if it was the only religion in the world.

The « Ten Commandements » belong to the whole of mankind. Students have the right to know and teachers have the duty to teach how these commandments were understood and experienced in all cultures at the heart of centuries by religions, confessions, and the different communities.

The aim is not to impose a religious education in secular schools, let alone transform it into a religious school, but to introduce at all levels of the education process  the teaching of the great religions of the World, so as to give students the keys to better understand others ... and themselves. Teachers will have to break down the barriers that over the centuries have been raised between East and West and their respective cultural universes. The synergy of religions and cultures promotes the achievement of the too often forgotten "Ten Commandments". The development of the religions that preach the Commandments will benefit the whole humanity. The scope of the "Ten Commandments" is not limited to the three Abrahamic religions. The place of proclamation is a desert. The object found in the middle of the arid rock belongs to anyone who takes the trouble to bend down to pick it up. The “Ten Commandments" are therefore intended for the whole of humanity, for the very reason that they encompass in a few sentences the human condition as a whole and the very conditions for the survival of the Human within the man.

In order to transform the utopia of universal peace into triumphant reality, it is necessary to deploy worldwide the relevant tools of school books.

 

"Les Dix Commandements aujourd'hui" André Chouraqui , Editions Robert Laffont 2000,
translated from French

 

audio1003 Audio extracts:
« Events to promote Peace », 13.9.1997, Brussels, Belgium
Round Table « Youth », Brussels Hilton.
Organization: Non Profit Association Ouvertures, Annelie Löhr-Campion

Topics:

-Commitment to peace in dayly life in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Brahmanism and Secularism without exclusion.
-Fundamentalism or Brotherhood.
-Words that kill.
-Call for Reconciliation, Leviticus 19.18. « You shall  not take revenche nor bear any grudge against any of your people, instead,
You shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord. »

Extract 1

Extract 2

Extract 3

Moderator:

  • Prof. Julien Klener, Universities of Gand and Liège, Belgium

Speakers:

  • Dr. M. A. Zaki Badawi, Chairman of the Imams and Mosques, Council, U.K.
  • Dr. Mithkal Natour, Professor of Islamic Law, Jerusalem, Israel
  • Sheikh Khaled Adlen Bentounès, Algeria, Spiritual Guide of the Sufi Brotherhood "AISA"
  • Prof. Dr. Chadly Fitouri, Tunesia, Chair holder at University of Tunis, Unesco
  • Brother Emmanuel Nkatarutimana, Burundi, Adviser to the Dominican Order for Africa in Rome, catholic priest of the "Ordre des Frères Prêcheurs"
  • Ahmed Mahfoud, Belgium, Association "El Fouad"
  • Prof. Julien Klener, Universities of Liège and Gand, Belgium, Moderator
  • Annelie Löhr-Campion, Non Profit Association Ouvertures, Belgium
  • Dr. Ali Elsamman, Egypt, member of the Islamic Council, former
    advisor to President Sadat (Camp David), member of the
    "Liaison Committee Al Azhar-Vatican
  • Questions from the public: Thérèse Lipman, Union of Progressiste Jews of Belgium and WOFPP, Israel
  • Emile Moatti, France, Israel, Vice President of "Fraternité d'Abraham", France, WCRP to UNESCO
  • H.E. Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, East Timor, Bishop of Dili, Nobel Peace Prize 1996
  • H.E. Flavien Joseph Melki, Lebanon
  • Prof. Dr. Chadly Fitouri, Tunisia
  • Question: Student, Brussels Free University, Belgium
  • Prof. Dr. Chadly Fitouri, Tunisia
  • Dr. Ali Elsamman, Egypt
  • Rabbi Lionel Blue, U.K.
  • Dr. M. A. Zaki Badawi, U.K.
  • Dr. Ali Elsamman, Egypt
  • Dr. Ron Kronish, Rabbi, Israel, ICCI, Interreligious Coordinating Council Israel
  • Sister Jayanti, India, Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University, London office

Moderator:

  • Prof. Julien Klener, Universities of Gand and Liège, Belgium

Speakers:

  • Frans Goetghebeur, Belgium, Tibetan Institute Yeunten-Ling, Co-Founder of the "Non Profit Association Ouvertures.
  • Bishop Flavien Joseph Melki, Lebanon
  • Rabbi Lionel Blue, UK, Vice Chairman,  Standing Conference of Jews, Christians and Muslims in Europe
  • Questions: Claire Eykerman, photographer, Belgium
  • Dr. Ali Elsamman, Egypt
  • Emile Moatti, France, Israel
  • Frère Emmanuel Nkatarutimana, Burundi
  • Rosa Guerreiro, "Routes of Faith", UNESCO, France
  • Dr. Ali Elsamman, Egypt
  • Questions: Student of ULB, Brussels Free University, Belgium
  • Emile Moatti, France, Israel
  • H.E. Flavien Joseph Melki, Lebanon
  • Dr. Ali Elsamman, Egypt
  • Sheikh Khaled Adlen Bentounès, Algeria
  • Question from the public:
    Youssef E., Belgium
  • Dr. Ali Elsamman, Egypt
    "A place for Abrahamic prayers in the Sinai"
  • Emile Moatti, France, Israel
  • Question from the public: Justine, Belgium
  • Dr. Ali Elsamman, Egypt
  • Frère Emmanuel Nkatarutimana, Burundi
  • Question from the public: Tania Spruch, Belgium
  • Question from the public: Samir Fitouri, Tunisia, son of Prof. Dr. Chadly Fitouri, Tunisia

Moderator:

  • Prof. Julien Klener, Universities of Gand and Liège, Belgium

Speakers:

  • Prof. Dr. Chadly Fitouri, Tunisia, International Bureau of Education,
    BIE-UNESCO, Geneva. Author, Chair holder at Tunis University.
    Answer to his son Samir Fitouri.
  • Statement from the public, Holland
  • Sister Jayanti, India
  • Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb, Palestine
  • Sheikh Adlan Khaled Bentounès, Algeria
  • Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, East Timor
  • Moderator: Prof. Julien Klener, Belgium
  • Final words: Annelie Löhr-Campion, Non Profit Association Ouvertures, Belgium

 

 

Annelie Lohr-Campion-pt   Organization :
Non Profit Association Ouvertures a.s.b.l., Annelie Löhr-Campion, Belgium
ouverturesforpeace.eu

 

 

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