Dr Ibrahim Kalin - The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre

and frank discussions which served to better understand
each other’s perspective.
On the second day of the event, the participants were invited
to greet H.M. King Abdullah II and share matters of
concern to both Muslims and Catholics.
A public session on the final day had a panel of three
members of each delegation answering questions put forth
by the audience. The Final Joint Declaration was also issued
during this session [see http://aCommonWord.com/docs/
FinalDeclarationEN.pdf]
This booklet is a slightly revised version of the paper presented
by Dr Ibrahim Kalin, and includes the French and
Arabic translations.
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