| DICID and QRC Drive to Help Philippines Typhoon-Hit |
 The Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) has launched a campaign to mobilise QR8.5mn as part of its humanitarian efforts to help victims of the recent typhoon that wreaked havoc in the northern and eastern regions of Mindanao island in the Philippines.
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| DICID Participates at Interdisciplinary Conference in Rome |
 DICID was represented by Dr. Hassan AbdulRahim Al-Sayed, a member of the board of the Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue at a two-day conference on "Sharing Sacred Space: Legal, Theological, And Sociological Perspectives", that was held between 14-15 December, 2011 in Rome, Italy. |
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| Use Social Media to Promote Dialogue: Leaders |
 The Ninth Doha Conference on Interfaith Dialogue opened in Doha with a call to the religious leaders to use the social media to promote dialogue and better understanding between different religious communities and develop a global code of conduct to prevent their misuse. |
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| Interfaith Meet to Discuss Role of Social Media |
 The ninth Doha Conference on Interfaith Dialogue to be held here next week will discuss how to make use of social media to promote inter-religious dialogue and the need for a global code of conduct on the use of social networking sites from a religious perspective. |
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| The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance Visits DICID |
 Dr.Ibrahim Al-Naimi, the chairman of DICID received Mr. Andrew Bradley, the director of The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) from Sweden. Mr. Andrew Bradley was accompanied by Mrs. Rosinah Ismail-Clarke, the IDEA accounting and administrative officer, Dr.. James Lenahan, the IDEA’s Head of Communications and Knowledge Management and Mr. Zachary Alpern, the programme officer at IDEA. |
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| DICID Welcomes Malaysian Ambassador |
 Dr. Prof. Ibrahim Al-Naimi, the Chairman of DICID received HE Mr. Ahmad Jazri Mohd Johar, Malaysian Ambassador to Qatar. The meeting was attended by Mr. Hamdi Blekich, head of Public Relations and Mrs. Nadia Al-Ashqar, Conference Coordinator Officer.
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| Scriptural Reasoning Training Transcends Chapter and Verse |
 In 1995, Peter Ochs, religious studies professor in the University of Virginia's College of Arts & Sciences, and two colleagues created scriptural reasoning, a practice that brings together Christians, Jews and Muslims for interfaith study and discussion of the sacred scriptures of all three traditions.
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A powerful network of Heads of States, Ministers of Foreign Affairs, NGOs, civil society representatives, the youth, foundations, media, academia and the corporate sector met in Doha December 11-13, 2011.
Amid the prayers, the rain and the hymns at the Cape Henlopen Region observance of 9/11 Sunday afternoon, nature sent a blessing.
Australia will host an international meeting of religious and cultural leaders next year designed to break down distrust between Jews, Muslims and Christians.
