The delegation of the Council of Muslim Elders, headed by His Excellency Muhammad Abd al-Salam, Secretary-General of the Council and in the presence of His Excellency Ahmed Al Dhaheri, Consul General of the State in the Kurdistan Region, visited the Chaldean Catholic Church in Erbil, and was received by Bishop Bashar Matta Warda, Bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Erbil, in order to coordinate joint cooperation in areas of coexistence.
During the meeting, the Bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Erbil welcomed the delegation and thanked it for the visit, praising the Council's efforts to promote the values of dialogue, participation and human brotherhood.
During the meeting, the bishop discussed the establishment of a Catholic university in Erbil during the last period, and the inclusion in its curricula of the Human Fraternity Document signed by the Council of Muslim Elders and the Vatican. He emphasized that the university embraces the children of all population components in Iraq, as a reflection of the prevailing state of pluralism and coexistence. He called on the Council of Muslim Elders to visit the university and give lectures to its students.
For his part, the Secretary-General of the Council of Muslim Elders, Counselor Mohamed Abdel Salam, affirmed that the brotherhood relationship that brings together His Eminence the Grand Imam Ahmed al-Tayyib, Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Chairman of the Council of Muslim Elders, and His Holiness Pope Francis, Pope of the Catholic Church, is a unique model in the history of relations between religions, praising the positive role of the Christians of the Kurdistan Region in promoting human coexistence
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