In their closing statement, the participants in the Islamic-Islamic Dialogue Conference expressed the sincere gratitude and appreciation of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of the Kingdom of Bahrain, for his lofty sponsorship of the conference, and for hosting the Kingdom of Bahrain to him, expressing their thanks to the virtue of the Grand Imam, Sheikh Al-Azhar Al-Sharif The Council of Muslim Elders, Dr. Ahmed Al -Tayeb; On his presence and his valuable contribution to the work of the conference; The Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs has the generosity of receiving guests and good organization, appreciating all efforts made by Al -Azhar and the Council of Muslim Wise in preparing and organizing the conference, until the level that was accomplished.
The closing statement of the conference emphasized that “the unity of the nation is a covenant and a charter”, and that “understanding and cooperation to achieve the requirements of the Islamic brotherhood is a duty of all Muslims,” noting that “the Islamic dialogue required today, which the nation needs is not a ideological or approximate dialogue, but rather a dialogue A constructive understanding, which absorbs the elements of many unity, in the face of common challenges, with commitment With the etiquette and morals of the dialogue. “
He urged the conference to joint cooperation between religious, scientific, intellectual and media references to confront the culture of hatred and hatred, stressing the criminalization of abuse and cursing with all the firmness of all sects. He pointed out that the intellectual and cultural heritage in all Muslim schools is not without ijtihad errors that should be exceeded, calling for the commitment of wisdom and boldness in self -criticism of some statements, and declaring mistakes in them; In resumption of what the former imams, and the scholars followed from all Islamic schools.
He stressed “the necessity of uniting efforts towards the urgent issues of the nation such as supporting the Palestinian issue, resisting the occupation, and confronting poverty and extremism, as when all Muslims join hands with their different schools to support these issues in practice, secondary differences dissolve automatically under the umbrella of” Islamic brotherhood “that the Qur’an ordered. He called on the major Islamic scientific institutions to complete a comprehensive scientific project, to count all issues of agreement between Muslims in belief, law and values, stressing that this project will have a great impact on the nation’s knowledge of itself, reform the perception of each other, develop its common Islamic culture, and enhance its humanitarian call.
He stressed that “Islamic unity must become an institutional system that starts from the curricula of education, and extends to the speeches of mosques and the media,” calling for the “culture of understanding” to turn into concrete policies in books that teach the jurisprudence of difference, platforms that undermine hate speech, and joint development and civilizational social projects.
The conference praised the role of women in consolidating the values of unity in the nation, and enhancing understanding among their children, whether through their roles within the family, or through their scientific and societal presence. He also called for the development of a new strategy for Islamic-Islamic dialogue that takes into account the issues and aspirations of youth, and depends on modern means of communication and transfer of knowledge, so that religious discourse is interacting with their digital and technological reality, and to reflect their vision of the future of Islam in a changing world.
He pointed to the importance of strengthening Islamic dialogue platforms by establishing specialized committees under the umbrella of major religious institutions; To take care of dialogue between Muslim youth from all Islamic sects, organizing youth initiatives and programs for dialogue, including Muslim youth in the West, to link them to their Islamic heritage, enhance the values of understanding and joint work between Islamic sects, provide positive models that enhance their religious identity, and launch scientific and institutional initiatives for dialogue between Muslims From all sects, to remove mutual stereotypes, and to remove the causes of tension between them, given That is the best way to improve the image of Muslims, and to confront the phenomenon of Islamophobia.
The conference recommended the establishment of the “Islamic Dialogue Association” by the Council of Muslim Elders to work to open communication channels for all components of the Islamic nation without exclusion, in order to draw from the noble prophetic term that makes the nation of Islam one nation. He also launched an appeal entitled “The Call of the People of the Qibla”, calling for the formulation of a calling speech from the inspired by this call, which is enlightened by Islamic schools under the slogan “One nation and a common destiny.”
In the same context, the General Secretariat of the Muslim Wise Council announced that it will follow the steps of forming a joint committee for Islamic dialogue, the practical steps necessary to implement the decisions of this conference, and the start of preparations in coordination with Al-Azhar, to organize the second conference of Islamic-Islamic dialogue in Cairo in response to what was announced by the Grand Imam of the Professor Dr. Ahmed Al -Tayeb, Sheikh of Al -Azhar Al -Sharif, in his speech at the conference.
