Dr. Ibrahim bin Saleh Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the Doha Center for Interfaith Dialogue (DICID), speaks at the Second Youth Dialogue Forum organised by the DICID at the Sharq Village & Spa Hotel yesterday. Pic: Qassim Rahmatullah / The Peninsula
The Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue (DICID) yesterday organised the Second Youth Dialogue Forum for non-Arab university students, studying in Qatar, in order to promote the idea of dialogue and coexistence between cultures and religions.
The event also highlighted Qatar’s cultural role as an open society with a vibrant and positive interaction with all cultures.
Twenty seven students from different nationalities participated in the event which was organised at the Sharq Village & Spa Hotel.
Dr Ibrahim bin Saleh Al Nuaimi, Chairman of DICID; Yousuf Al Subai, Executive Manager of DICID: and a number of officials of the centre attended the event.
Addressing at the occasion, Al Nuaimi said that this is an opportunity to celebrate our diversity and build relationships of peace, love and mutual understanding through our diversity .
“The DICID is contributing since its inception to build dialogue among different civilisations and cultures,” he said.
About the importance of dialogue, Dr Al Nuaimi pointed out that the dialogue is not about trying to defeat others, but about understanding and learning about them, because the world’s beauty lies in its racial and religious’ pluralism, otherwise God would not have created it so.
“Interfaith dialogue is a vehicle to promote understanding between people of various faiths, who, despite their differences, have many things in common,” he added.
Al Nuaimi emphasized on the importance of the Forum saying, “University students represent elite communities, and they will be the future ambassadors of Arab and Islamic culture in their countries.” “This is our first mission at the center, which we are constantly striving make a bridge between citizens and residents. We continuously direct our activities in this direction through interaction with different communities and school students to promote dialogue and coexistence,” he said.
As for second mission of the Center, Dr Al Nuaimi added: “We are working to promote global dialogue between different religions and cultures around the world through our foreign participation. We have had activities in Ukraine during the problems with Russia. We have also carried out similar activities in Russia. We believe that even in times of war, the link between communities should not be interrupted,” Al Nuaimi mentioned.
