EPP-ED Group: Round Table on Christian Communities in the Muslim World: Iraq

Round Table on "Christian Communities in the Muslim World: Iraq"
Brussels, 8 October 2008

EPP-ED Vice-Chairman Vito Bonsignore hosted, in the framework of the EPP-ED Working Group on Islam, the first round table on “Christian Communities in the Muslim World: Iraq", on Wednesday 8th October in the European Parliament in Brussels.

The event is part of the EPP-ED Islam Dialogue strategy which includes an exhaustive discussion about Christianity in the Arab World and the principles of mutual integration, non-discrimination and tolerance in a situation where in some countries, members of the Christian minority are fighting for survival. This first round table on Iraq represents a cornerstone of future Group initiatives.

Press release:

10/10/2008

First Round Table on Christian Communities in the Muslim World: Iraq

First Round Table on Christian Communities in the Muslim World
Vito Bonsignore MEP (Italy), Vice-Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament (in the middle), Mgr Krzysztof Nitkiewicz, Under Secretary of the Congregation of Oriental Churches, the Vatican (on the left), and Paolo Licandro, Deputy Secretary-General of the EPP-ED Group

First Round Table on Christian Communities in the Muslim World
Sanzarello Sebastiano MEP (EPP-ED, Italy) (on the right) and Mgr Krzysztof Nitkiewicz, Under Secretary of the Congregation of Oriental Churches, the Vatican

First Round Table on Christian Communities in the Muslim World
l-r: Eleonora Lo Curto MEP (EPP-ED, Italy), Christopher Beazley MEP (EPP-ED, United Kingdom), and Jana Hybášková MEP (EPP-ED, Czech Republic)

Round Table on "Christian Communities in the Muslim World: Iraq" Brussels, 8 October 2008

Round Table on "Christian Communities in the Muslim World: Iraq"
Brussels, 8 October 2008