By KUNA
Brussels : The Grand Mufti of Syria, Ahmad Bader Hassoun, will address a formal sitting of the European Parliament (EP) in Strasbourg on Tuesday in the context of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue.
European Year of Intercultural Dialogue was launched in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on Tuesday by Slovene Prime Minister Janez Jana and European Parliament President and Hans-Gert Pottering.
Slovenia holds the current EU Presidency.
The aim of the Dialogue is to promote interaction between cultures and closer ties between nationalities and religions.
Ahmad Bader Hassoun was elected Grand Mufti and head of the Supreme Council of Fatwa (the highest official of religious law) of Syria in 2005, noted an EP statement.
The EP is also expected to invite the current President of the African Union, John Kufuor, UN Secretary General Ban Ki -Moon, the Dalai Lama and Britain’s Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sachs in the context of the cultural dialogue.