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REMINDER/ Invitation to a Seminar on Christians in the Arab World
COMECE Press 03/05/2012
You are cordially invited to the Seminar organised onWednesday 9 May, by the EPP and ECR political Groups of the European Parliament together with COMECE on Christians in the Middle East and North Africa.
For this Seminar which will focus on 'Christians in the Arab World: One year after the Arab Spring', we are inviting organisations such as Aid to the Church in Need, Open Doors International, and Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life to submit their respective reports and analysis. Furthermore, we are honoured to have witnesses hailing from different parts of the Middle East :
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Dr Cornelius Hulsman, Arab-West Report, Egypt |
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S.E. Mgr Samir Nassar, Archeveque Maronite de Damas Syria |
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Mgr Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Custody of the Holy Land Jerusalem |
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Mr. Demianos Kattar, former minister of Financial Affairs of Lebanon |
This Seminar will help us to understand the extent of which the “Arab Spring” is meeting the demands for more liberal values such as democracy and human rights.
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