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   RELIGION AND SOCIETY: CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM PERSPECTIVES   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 8 NOV 2010 (VIS) - The Pontifical Council for Inter-religious   
   Dialogue and the Centre for Inter-religious Dialogue of the Islamic Culture and   
   Relations Organisation of Tehran, Iran, have organised their seventh meeting,   
   due to be held in Tehran from 9 to 11 November.   
      
   According to a communique released today, the meeting will examine the question   
   of "Religion and Society: Christian and Muslim Perspectives" and will be   
   divided into three sub themes. The event will be attended by eight members of   
   the pontifical council including Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president,   
   Archbishop Pier Luigi Celata, secretary, and Msgr. Khaled Akasheh, bureau chief   
   for Islam. The local Church will be represented by Archbishop Ramzi Garmou of   
   Tehran of the Chaldeans and by Fr. Francesco Pirisi S.D.B., vicar general of   
   the archdiocese of Ispahan of the Latins.   
      
   Following the inaugural session the meeting will continue behind closed doors,   
   although a lecture due to be held at a university in Tehran will present the   
   theme of the meeting, from the Christian perspective, to a public of professors   
   and students.   
      
   The meeting will be followed by a visit to Qom, a holy city for Shia Muslims   
   and an important centre for religious teaching and research.   
   OP/VIS 20101108 (210)   
      
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