English - Global Balance

«Der Fremdling soll bei euch wohnen wie ein Einheimischer», mit diesem Zitat aus der Bibel
rundete der Organisator der Tagung, Arne Engeli, den Tag ab.
Nach einem Zeitungsbericht des St. Galler Tagblatts vom 16/6/2010
Translation:
15. The Dialogue continues - Challenge Islam
The Congress “Challenge Islam” took place with top-class speakers in Rorschach
The focus was on the dialogue between Muslims and people of different faiths and the
elimination of clichés.
«Today we want to go home with more answers than questions», Amir Zaidan, the Viennese
Islamologist began, formulating the goal of the congress. A well-filled hall of the Pädagogische
Hochschule quickly turned into the arena of lively discussions.
The specialist for constitutional law, Andreas Kley, emphasized that freedom of religion must be
granted as a protection of minorities and as a fundamental right.
«The anti-minaret intiative showed that there exists a fear of the unfamiliar, an Islamophobia»,
Hisham Maizar, President of the Federation of the Islam umbrella organisations of Switzerland,
pointed out. By means of a simple graph, the Zurich Professor of Theology, Werner Kramer,
demonstrated that only persons open for change are able to make an appropriate contribution to
this dispute.
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