(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Peninsula
Dr Ibrahim bin Saleh Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the Doha International Centre for Interfaith Dialogue (DICID) has received Dr Rafiq Abdussalam, Tunisia's former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director of the Centre for Strategic and Diplomatic Studies (CSDS) at his office.
The visit was aimed to see the activities of the centre, exchange ideas and to discuss cooperation. The guest was greeted by a number of researchers and officials of the Center.
At the beginning of the meeting, Dr Al Nuaimi praised the experiences of Abdussalam and his role in the field of dialogue.
He said such meetings with politicians and experts in the field of dialogue opens new chapter of knowledge, an opportunity to exchange ideas and help bring maturity that eventually reflects positively on our humanitarian message about coexistence, dialogue and giving up the path of prejudice and intolerance.
Lauding the experiences of Tunisia, Dr Naimi said that Tunisia was starting point of Arab Spring. 'I hope newly born democracy of Tunisia will sustain and achieve the ambition of people about freedom, economic prosperity, peace, security and social coherence with the participation of the all sections of the community regardless their ideology, said Al Nuaimi. 'The sectarian politics being used by some countries in the region that is aimed at deepening the sectarian divide, is not an appropriate policy for the Muslim World at present, said Dr Rafiq Abdussalam.
'We do not deny sectarian differences. We have reservations about Iranian politics in Iraq and Syria, but we can only open dialogue and communication between the Islamic sects, as our strategies should be based on the convergence of viewpoints, said Abdussalam.
'On the religious side, we must interact with our friends of different faiths. There are moderate Christian and Jewish figures and anti-Zionism Jews. We must establish communication and this will be useful for Muslim world. The internal differences among Arab countries do not ask to stop dialogue with others, he said adding 'We have no choice except uniting ourselves.
It is important that we start an internal dialogue with the forces that are ready for it and with friends abroad as well. We should work clearly based on a policy of minimum differences, he added.
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