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Published by FENA
News, November 21, 2005
INTER-RELIGIOUS
CONFERENCE FOR SOUTHEAST EUROPE
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TIRANA,
Nov 21 (FENA/KTA) – Inter-religious Conference
for Southeast Europe on the topic “Improvement
of Peace and Stability Through Regional
Cooperation” was held in Tirana from 16 to 19
November.
Organizers of the conference were World
Conference for Peace (WCRP) and NGO World
Learning, while those who took part in the
conference are representatives of Islamic
community, Orthodox Church, and Catholic Church
from Albania, Serbia and Montenegro, Kosovo,
Macedonia, and BiH as well as representatives of
Bektasi community from Albania, Jewish Community
from BiH, and representatives of networks of
women from the mentioned countries.
Religious representatives from BiH spoke on the
situation in the country as well as on the role
of their dignitaries on creating of
reconciliation and trust climate. Mr Asim Zupčević
presented as to how Constitution of BiH and
Dayton Agreement define human rights and rights
of Churches and religious communities. He also
referred to the law on freedom of religion, as
well as to legal position of Churches and
religious communities.
Secretary general of the BiH Bishops’
Conference , Msgr Ivo Tomašević, spoke on
the roles of religious dignitaries before,
during, and after war, pointing out that
politics has the most important and central
role, i.e. representatives of political bodies,
who on regular basis are eager to use
representatives of a Church or religious
community for implementation of their plans.
Msgr Tomašević pointed out importance of a
just state-legal organization of BiH, for which
bishops from BiH gave a concrete proposal.
Religious teaching in schools and opening of
private schools were also discussed on the
occasion.
At the end of the conference a joint statement
was harmonized in which the religious
representatives support and encourage one
another in promoting of inter-religious dialog
and establishing of inter- religious councils
which would support overcoming of conflicts,
building up of peace, and development. Among
others, local and international political
factors are called upon to create both in BiH
and in other countries, such a legal system
under which every ethnic group would be equal,
an which would ensure equal rights and
possibilities for every citizen to live in
his/her full national, religious and cultural
identity.
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