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Joint Seminar on Christianity and Islam
EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament and EPP Group in the Council of Europe

26 - 27 September 2002
European Parliament, Strasbourg

Faith in democracy
The impact of religion on civil society


Thursday September 26th 2002

Presidency: Mr Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT, MEP, Group Coordinator for Islamic Affairs

3.00 p.m. Opening of the seminar by Lord John KILCLOONEY, Chairman of the working group Christianity-Islam of the Group of the European People's Party in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

3.10 p.m. Welcome by Mr Hans-Gert POETTERING MEP, Chairman of the EPP-ED Group, and Mr René VAN DER LINDEN MP, Chairman of the Group of the European People's Party in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

3.30 p.m. First speaker: Mr Bashir KHANBAI MEP, Coordinator in the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

3.50 p.m. Second speaker: Mr Arie OOSTLANDER MEP, former Director of the CDA Scientific Institute

4.10 p.m. Debate

5.15 p.m. Third speaker: His Grace Bishop Emmanuel ADAMAKIS, Director, Liaison Office of the Orthodox Church with the European Union and for Islam

5.35 p.m. Debate

6.45 p.m. Conclusions by Mr Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT MEP

After each speaker a short intervention will be given by an independent commentator, Mrs Paola BUONADONNA, BBC World TV, Italy.


Friday September 27th 2002

Presidency: Lord KILCLOONEY, President of the Working Group Christianity-Islam, EPP Group in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe


10.00 a.m. Address by Professor Maurice BORRMANS WF, Pontifical Institute for Islamology and Arab Studies

10.30 a.m. Fourth speaker: Professor Tariq RAMADAN, University of Fribourg (Swizzerland)

10.50 a.m. Debate

11.35 a.m. Fifth speaker: Prof. Hannifa CHERIFI, Special Adviser- Education in Islam - Ministry of Education, French Republic

12.05 p.m. Sixth speaker: Prof. Ivan Jelev DIMITROV, Faculty of Theology Klement Ochridski University, Bulgaria

12.30 p.m. Debate

12.50 p.m. Conclusions and closing by Lord KILCLOONEY


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