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The multireligious Board of Directors of the International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID) issued the following statement following the shooting at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 15 March 2019. The shooting resulted in 49 casualties, and more than 20 wounded during Friday prayers, making it…
Partnership between faith based organizations and secular institutions can greatly improve integration conditions for migrants and people seeking refuge, according to a panel of experts from the KAICIID-supported Network for Dialogue at the annual European Academy of Religion conference.
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VIENNA, 21 March 2019 – In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on Muslim worshippers in two mosques in Christchurch (New Zealand) last Friday, and following the killing of Jews at a synagogue in Pittsburgh (United States), as well as terrorist attacks targeting Coptic Christian…
Mabrouka Rayachi is the Supervisor for Islamic Religious Teachers in Lower Austria in the Ministry of Education and Official Islamic Authority in Austria
From your experience, how do you think religion can affect integration processes?
It depends on how you conceive religion. I see…
Ruham Al-Bezra is a KAICIID Dialogue Facilitator
From your experience, how do you think religion can affect integration processes?
It can be good or bad, it depends on the person. For me, coming from a Muslim background, religion was not a problem. In fact, I usually explain how religion helped me…
Dr. Angela María Arbeláez is the founder of Art Bridges, Greece
From your experience, how do you think religion can affect integration processes?
It’s basic. Religion and integration go together. If there is no knowledge of the Other’s tradition, religion and culture, there is no integration…
Dr. Aleksandra Djurić Milovanović is a graduate of the KAICIID Fellows programme and Research Fellow at the Institute for Balkan Studies of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
From your research, how do you think religion can affect integration processes?
From my perspective,…
Positive contributions of religion and interreligious dialogue to the integration process
All religions share the values of helping those in need and welcoming strangers, so religious communities are often among the first responders during crises and conflict.
Faith-based organizations can…
In public discourse, religion is often seen as a limitation for integration, yet, academics and practitioners – some of whom have integrated themselves – feel that religion can benefit newly arrived people and their host communities. Below, members of the newly launched Network for Dialogue share…
The Network for Dialogue was initiated by The International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID) in order to bring together local faith and dialogue actors from a range of European countries to empower interreligious and intercultural action for people seeking refuge and migrant…
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