Presidency of G20 Interfaith Summit announces the launch of the “Building Bridges Between East and West Forum”
.. contributes to the establishment of scientific chairs in eastern and western universities
Ashraf AboArafe
The Presidency of the Interfaith Summit of the Group of Twenty (R20) announced the launch of a forum: “Building bridges between East and West: for a more understanding and peaceful world, and more coexisting and harmonious societies.”
The forum is set to raise the most pressing issues in the international community at present, such as the issue of the integration of religious minorities, the issue of refugees, and other various issues with religious, intellectual, cultural, and even related political issues.
The summit’s co-chair, Secretary-General of the Muslim World League, and President of the Association of Muslim Scholars, Sheikh Dr. Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa, confirmed that the forum to be launched will be part of the Interfaith Communication Group of the Group of Twenty, which was recently adopted by the G20 Presidency, to be a participant in the activities of the group of leaders of the twenty largest economies. In the world.
He said: The forum will constitute the largest, most important, most spacious and professional communication platform between East and West, and will witness the participation of senior specialists in the religious, intellectual, cultural, societal and political fields, especially political parties and parliamentary committees related to their work in humanitarian and social affairs.
It is expected that, in the context of the idea of this forum, the R20 Summit will issue decisions to establish scientific chairs in eastern and western universities, with the creation of governance for them to ensure their positive communication with each other within the framework of the idea of the forum. A number of personalities, academic institutions, research and foresight centers, in addition to a number of orientalists, will participate in this important event – with research, studies and reports – in particular, some senior and relevant academics from Harvard University, including colleagues of the professor at the university, the late Dr. Samuel Huntington, owner of Thesis “The Clash of Civilizations” through his famous book in this regard, a thesis that sparked a wide intellectual controversy.
It is noteworthy that the Muslim World League holds the presidency of the Interfaith Summit in partnership with the Indonesian Renaissance Organization of Scholars, which is the first official religious summit in the history of the G20, and the League has a wide activity in communicating with religious leaders around the world. The Norwegian “Bridge Builder” in 2021, the World Peace Medal from the Republic of Sri Lanka in 2019, and the Italian “Galileo Prize” in 2018, for his efforts in promoting peace and religious and civilizational harmony globally.
