Media – Inter Religious Institute https://iri.al Inter Religious Institute Wed, 17 Nov 2021 12:54:29 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9 https://iri.al/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/favicon.png Media – Inter Religious Institute https://iri.al 32 32 IRI and AIIS part of GCTP Conference on International Day for Tolerance https://iri.al/en/2021/11/17/iri-and-aiis-part-of-gctp-conference-on-international-day-for-tolerance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iri-and-aiis-part-of-gctp-conference-on-international-day-for-tolerance https://iri.al/en/2021/11/17/iri-and-aiis-part-of-gctp-conference-on-international-day-for-tolerance/#respond Wed, 17 Nov 2021 12:54:26 +0000 https://iri.al/?p=3498 The Global Council for Tolerance and Peace held a global conference to celebrate the International Day for Tolerance, under the auspices of His Excellency Dr. George Villa, President of the Republic of Malta. The conference was chaired by His Excellency Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Jarwan, President of the Global Council for Tolerance and Peace, and in the presence of His Excellency Angelo Farugia, Speaker of the Maltese Parliament, and a group of officials, parliamentarians and world-renowned academics in the field of tolerance and peace, at the Verdala Palace Hall in the Republic of Malta.

The President of the Republic of Malta welcomed the guests of the Global Council for Tolerance and Peace and his partners participating in the conference, thanking the Global Council for Tolerance and Peace for organizing such a global celebration, in support of the process of spreading and strengthening tolerance efforts. In his speech, the Maltese President mentioned that Malta is proud of the presence of the Global Council for Tolerance and Peace, emphasizing the fact that his country continued to provide support for the Council and its directions, and noted the importance of celebrating the International Day for Tolerance because of the promotion of the importance of tolerance. On the other hand, Al-Jarwan thanked the Maltese president, government, parliament and people of the Republic of Malta for organizing this global ceremony and pronounced: Tolerance and peace are an urgent necessity and a way of life, required by monotheistic religions and from all cultures.

On behalf of the Global Council for Tolerance and Peace, Dr. George Villa, President of the Republic of Malta, Al-Jarwan presented the shield of the International Day for Tolerance. The Head of the Maltese Parliament stressed the fact that the Global Council for Tolerance and Peace has become an international umbrella that unites all international, parliamentary and educational efforts to uphold and promote the values of tolerance and peace around the globe. A number of officials, parliamentarians and academics delivered various speeches marking the International Day for Tolerance and Peace, in which they provided an open call for various initiatives to promote a culture of tolerance and peace.

Albania was represented by Dr. Arben Ramkaj, Executive Director of the Interreligious Institute and President of the Center for Interreligious Cooperation, as well as Dr. Albert Rakipi, President of the Institute for International Studies. The Global Council for Tolerance and Peace will study and support all relevant initiatives to establish and promote a culture of tolerance and peace around the world.

]]> https://iri.al/en/2021/11/17/iri-and-aiis-part-of-gctp-conference-on-international-day-for-tolerance/feed/ 0 IRI joins GCERF debate on community prevention of terrorism https://iri.al/en/2021/10/06/iri-joins-gcerf-debate-on-community-prevention-of-terrorism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iri-joins-gcerf-debate-on-community-prevention-of-terrorism https://iri.al/en/2021/10/06/iri-joins-gcerf-debate-on-community-prevention-of-terrorism/#respond Wed, 06 Oct 2021 09:43:34 +0000 https://iri.al/?p=3479 IRI Executive Director Dr Arben Ramkaj joined the virtual discussion on “The Ripple effects of the fall of Afghanistan: Community Based prevention of terrorism” organized by the GCERF.

The panel discussion was very engaging and addressed the effects of Taliban regime in other hot spots and local communities where extremism is a problem.

The panel also featured the Director of the national coordination center for CVE in Albania, Mrs. Dervishi.   

]]> https://iri.al/en/2021/10/06/iri-joins-gcerf-debate-on-community-prevention-of-terrorism/feed/ 0 IRI’s message for the tragic event in Merin https://iri.al/en/2021/05/04/iris-message-for-the-tragic-event-in-merin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iris-message-for-the-tragic-event-in-merin https://iri.al/en/2021/05/04/iris-message-for-the-tragic-event-in-merin/#respond Tue, 04 May 2021 09:23:58 +0000 https://iri.al/?p=3245 The Inter-religious Institute of Albania expressed its condolences to Rabbi Yisroel Finman and Rabbi Yoel Kaplan. The IRI community was deeply saddened to hear the news of the loss of many lives at the festival in Merin Israel. Our sincere thoughts and prayers go to those affected by this tragic event.

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