"Islam, Christianity and Europe": this is the title of a sequence of four workshops that will take place in Brussels until September, one of the initiatives for 2008 as the Year of Intercultural Dialogue. The proposal comes from Comece (Commission of EU Bishops Conferences), from the Church and Society Commission of Kek (Conference of European Churches) and from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, with the support of Islamic partners and the European Parliament, which will host the meetings. The idea of devoting one whole year to an exchange of opinions about the cultures, traditions and religious beliefs of the continent "aims at strengthening social cohesion and peace in Europe", explain the promoters. It comes from the realisation that the Europeans must learn to live together in diversity", which is increased "by the circulation of people and ideas". One of the consequences of such diversity is the increased number of Muslim people "in a space where the majority have traditionally been Christian". Hence the proposal of holding the workshops, the first one due on Thursday 17th April, called "Intercultural dialogue: the answer to all problems? The Christian and the Muslim perspective". (continued)
