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037 - MEDIO ORIENTE IN FERMENTO: UNA PROSPETTIVA

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Note che accompagnano la conferenza in Interclub del R.C Milano Sud-Est e R.C. Milano Cà Granda del Distretto 2040.
Informazioni tratte dal libro dello stesso autore, Cristiani e musulmani verso il 2000 una convivenza possibile, Figlie di San Paolo, Milano, 1995 recensito da Monsignore Gianfranco Ravasi.

Introduzione:
L’instabilità del Medio Oriente accompagnata dall’odio diffuso contro l’Occidente sono risultati i principali alimenti del terrorismo islamico, fonte di pericolo non soltanto per gli USA ma per tutto l’Occidente e per gli stessi governi dell’area mediterranea. Una popolazione araba frustrata nelle sue aspirazioni in termini di educazione, assistenza sociale, sanitaria, prosperità, sarebbe facile preda del disordine politico, continuando a rappresentare una minaccia per la stabilità della regione e del mondo. Inoltre, la presenza maggioritaria di terroristi di nazionalità saudita ha scosso la fiducia degli USA verso l’alleato di ferro, principale fornitore di greggio ma pur sempre finanziatore dei movimenti islamici avversi al modo di vivere occidentale.

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050 - DIFFERENT CIVILIZATIONS: WAR OR PEACE?

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EXCHANGE VIEWS, ROTARY – 2014

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I reflected on some of the concerns raised at last night’s meeting: war or peace, dialogue, the positivity of religion, how a religion is identified is a label of belief common to a group of people or something else.

Until the Second World War the regions of the globe were inhabited by people in a given territory, a country, linked by a common denominator same culture, religion, creed habits and the like for example: countries of Arabic language and culture with a majority Islamic creed, Europe the West, India and Pakistan, Japan, China, etc., each fairly uniform within itself without the drive of revolutions caused by diversity. See the case of the Armenians in Turkey. It can be said, for example, that the unifying element of the populations is the religious one, that is, the common Islamic religion. I do not know of populations without a creed, religion even atheism after all is a label similar to a religious creed discriminating against those who believe.

There was not this range of crossbreeding of cultures that we find today in a given territory. An invasion of populations attracted by economic pressures, ease of movement, the internet, the media and the like that put us in front of a fait accompli. They bring the cultural and sentimental baggage that has come to them through the teaching of their religion through the education they have received in their families and schools.

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051 - DIALOGUE AND INTEGRATION

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ROTARY – pages 38-45 – 1/ To know and understand each other to co-exist and build peace- 2014

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MUSLIM CHRISTIANS DIALOGUE FOR A BETTER WORLD

The mobility of people is a right that is now considered primary in every corner of the planet, and how it involves the necessary creation of intercultural relationships is certainly one of the hottest issues of the moment; Rotary International is well aware of how important this issue is and addresses it through the “Service for Peace. Dialoguing to live together, what rules? In order to live together in a fruitful dialogue, we need to know each other; knowledge starts with truth, respect for others, and the ability to overcome prejudices. Rediscovering one’s identity, a term that is sometimes used inappropriately, is a fundamental affirmation to make oneself known and understood, never to prevail, to bring one’s presence and knowledge across continents. Consider the immigrant first of all as a man with his own dignity, rights and duties. This is the starting point of the small contribution to the understanding of the Arab world, an important component of immigration in Italy, to reach a real and lasting peace in the Middle East.

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