(From our correspondents in Sydney) – A World Youth Day in the sign of interreligious dialogue. It is witnessed also by the over three hundred pilgrims hosted in the rooms of an Islamic school, Malek Fahd in Greenacre, west of Sydney. It is not the only example, because the programme of events for this World Youth Day is full of interreligious aspects. The most important one will be the Pope meeting the leaders and heads of other faiths on 18th July. Young Muslims and Hebrew will take part in the Youth Festival as well as the interfaith Forum, where the Apostolic Nuncio of Egypt is expected, Msgr. Michael Fitzgerald, together with Ikebal Patel for the Islamic, and David Knoll for the Hebrew. The young people will be able to know other religions also by visiting the Hebrew Museum of Sydney and the prayer centre. A film about Islam will be screened. Finally, it will be possible to take part in a dance workshop, promoted by Hebrew women.
