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Born in Yangon, Dr. Aung Than Oo graduated from the University of Medicine in Yangon, Myanmar. His specialty is public/community health, and his profession is treating poor and vulnerable people and providing medical and psychological support. He also obtained a Certified Public Management Analysis…
Aung Htay Myint is a youth activist from Myanmar. In December 2014, he co-founded the Siblings organization where he serves as a vice-chairman with the purpose of educating the poor and orphans. He is a civic educator at the Institute for Political and Civic Engagement and a member of Mandalay…
Johannes Langer is Programme Manager for the Programme for the Social Inclusion of People Seeking Refuge in Europe. This programme aims to provide integration through dialogue between people seeking refuge and the local host community in Vienna, Austria, as well as convening the newly set up…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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