By IRNA,
Berlin : An international one-day Shia conference here Friday stressed the need to promote “friendship among religions.” “The core message of this conference is friendship among religions,” said Iran’s Ambassador to Germany Ali Reza Sheikh Attar in his opening address to the symposium.
Sheikh Attar’s remarks were echoed by the Cultural Attache of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran Homayoun Hemmati who urged “cooperation among all followers of religions.”
He added the Shia school of thought emphasized “the unity of all followers of religions.”
Pointing to the role of Muslims in promoting religious dialogue in Germany, the chairman of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany, Axel Ayoub Koehler said Muslims were serving as “bridge-builders between the Islamic and western world.”
“We are building spiritual bridges to other cultures and religions,” he added.
Hosted by the Cultural Section of the Iranian Embassy, the one- day confab focused on various topics, among them origins and teachings of Shia religion, the state of Shia studies in Germany, mystical dimensions of Shia religion and cultural relations between Shia and Christians.