Thursday 20/Feb/2025 – 02:18 PM
Participants in the third session at the Islamic-Islamic Dialogue Conference, which dealt with the role of Muslim women in promoting dialogue and rapprochement between doctrines, called for reviving the principles of Al-Azhar Document for Women’s Rights, which were issued in 2013.
The participants stressed that this document is one of the important stations in the path of promoting women’s rights in the Islamic world, and reflects the vision of Al -Azhar in support of women’s rights and enabling them socially, by emphasizing their right to education, work, community participation, protecting their dignity, and rejecting all forms of violence and discrimination Against it, and highlights its role in building family and society, while preserving Islamic values that guarantee their rights and duties within the framework of justice. Equality.
Dr. Aisha Youssef Al -Mannai, a member of the Qatari Shura Council, valued the role of Palestinian women who stood a pause indicating her courage and question, and struck the example in maintaining human dignity, stressing the need to highlight the role of Palestinian women as a unique model of patience and strength, and presented the most wonderful examples of sacrifice and steadfastness, as she called for The necessity of strengthening and empowering women around the world and enhancing the presence of women in all fields and forums, and contributing Effectively in establishing the values of justice and peace, and supporting women’s issues globally.
This came during the third session of the activities of the Islamic-Islamic Dialogue Conference, held in the Bahraini capital, Manama, where Dr. Rashid bin Ali Al-Harthi, Dean of the College of Sharia Sciences in the Sultanate of Oman, stressed during his management of the session, which came under the title: The role of Muslim women in promoting Islamic dialogue, that women It is the one on which the strength of the Muslim community is based, she is the mother who raises and implants ideas, and she has a great role in raising children and enhancing authentic Islamic values in them, and the effect What you leave in them will remain the rest and influential on their behavior and the ideas they embrace throughout their lives.
Participants in the women’s session at the Islamic Dialogue Conference praises the courage and resilience of Palestinian women
And on the role of women in promoting dialogue between nodal schools, Dr. Nahla Al -Saidi, Advisor to Sheikh Al -Azhar for expatriate affairs, said that women have a pivotal role in transferring the values of positive dialogue to new generations, by enhancing the effective listening to their children, and appreciating the opinions of others, stressing their important role In achieving positive dialogue between contractual schools.
She pointed out that the Muslim woman from the time of the Prophet – may God’s prayers and peace be upon him – contributed to spreading the message and teaching people, and spreading the spirit of dialogue and understanding; The mother of the believers, Khadija, may God be pleased with her, was the best supporter of the Prophet, and support for him in the most difficult times, while the mother of the believers, Aisha – may God be pleased with her – was a juristic and contractual reference to which the Companions and Muslims are directed to learn and guided, stressing that Islamic societies today are in urgent need of women figures It is able to carry the positive dialogue banner between Islamic teams and schools.
Dr. Mahmoud Fawzi Al -Khuzai, head of the Justice and Wisdom Institute in America, said that the Islamic nation possesses the elements of unity; But intellectual and political variations produced gaps that need radical treatment based on the foundations of constructive dialogue and mutual understanding, stressing that women play a pivotal role in this framework through their important role in promoting the culture of tolerance and dialogue in the hearts of future generations, stressing that the advancement of Islamic dialogue requires collective efforts From scholars, thinkers and decision makers, calling for the development of educational and media curricula that support the values of moderation And openness, with the need to involve young people and women in this path to be ambassadors of unity and civilizational awareness.
Dr. Safinaz Suleiman, a colleague of Wisconsin-Madison University-in the United States of America, thanked the virtue of the Grand Imam for his interest in the problems of Muslims in the West, stressing that Al-Azhar provides a positive image that follows in supporting and empowering women’s issues, and that the conference is an opportunity to highlight the challenges that Muslims face in the West, and can be used to propose mechanisms for Muslims to communicate in the West with Islamic institutions in East, especially Al -Azhar Al -Sharif, which confirms that Muslims in the West are an integral part of the Islamic nation, and they represent a source of its strength.
