{"id":54256,"date":"2022-09-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/news\/interfaith-dialogue-suitable-way-to-propagate-religion-develop-ethics-ayatollah-ramazani\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T14:37:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T11:07:52","slug":"interfaith-dialogue-suitable-way-to-propagate-religion-develop-ethics-ayatollah-ramazani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/news\/interfaith-dialogue-suitable-way-to-propagate-religion-develop-ethics-ayatollah-ramazani\/","title":{"rendered":"Interfaith dialogue, suitable way to propagate religion, develop ethics: Ayatollah Ramazani"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the AhlulBayt World Assembly News Portal: <\/strong>On Saturday, September 10, 2022, Hojat al-Islam Abdul Karim Paz, an Argentinian cleric and international activist, met with the Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly in the Assembly building in Qom.<\/p>\n

In this meeting, on the importance of dialogue and conversation with the followers of other religions Ayatollah Reza Ramazani expressed, \u201cMeeting with Christian leaders, especially the Pope, is a golden opportunity, and such opportunities should be seized.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cInterfaith dialogue is very suitable way to propagate Islam and developing the ethics. In a meeting I had with Christian scholars, a priest admitted, \u201cWith ijtihad, Shiite school can answer the questions that we could not.\u201d Therefore, dialogue can be a way of interaction and perhaps synergy,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

While emphasizing the importance of the presence of Shiite clerics in the Western universities, the Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly expressed, \u201cWhen I was in Hamburg, Germany, followers of other religions came to visit our Islamic center. Also, during a visit to the Sorbonne, I gave a lecture to students about the mysticism of Imam Ali (a.s.). It worth mentioning that in the dialogue with the followers of other religions, we should respect their sanctities, because it has an incredible impact on the audience.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs servants of the House of Revelation, we can introduce AhlulBayt (a.s.) in the West. Dialogue should be based on ideological issues. We should tell them about the Quran\u2019s view of Prophet Jesus (a.s.) and Lady Mary (a.s.),\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

Recommending Hojat al-Islam Paz to write a book on his memories, Ayatollah Ramazani stated, \u201cYour presence in the field of dialogue is valuable and appreciated. Dialogue is a technique and needs content and form.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the different kinds of facing the Western culture, he said, \u201cIn the face of the Western culture, some are intimidated, and others are fascinated. The West has positive points. We should take the positive points of the West, and at the same time criticize its evils and ugliness. In this approach of taking and criticizing, we must be vigilant that the secularist and humanist discourses of the West do not lead us to the path they have gone.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur approach must be interactive,\u201d Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly added, \u201cWe should have empathy in religious and cultural activities. Because empathy is more important than cooperation. We should consider ourselves soldiers of Imam Mahdi (a.s.) and be sincere in our activities.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the beginning of the meeting, Hojat al-Islam Abdul Karim Paz presented a report on his international activities and talked about the methods of communication and dialogue with leaders and followers of other religions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly stated, \u201cIn dialogue with the followers of other religions, we must respect their sanctities, because this has an incredible impact on the audience.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":409329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,58],"tags":[197,3109],"class_list":["post-54256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-secretary-general","tag-ayatollah-reza-ramazani","tag-sheikh-abdul-karim-paz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54256"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126704,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54256\/revisions\/126704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}