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The Arab Group for Christian-Muslim Dialogue was formed in 1995 as an organization of \u201cChristians and Muslims together – a charter for a dialogue of life and common action.\u201d\u00a0Headquartered in Beirut, Lebanon, The Arab Group for Christian-Muslim is composed of Arab Muslim and Christian intellectuals, religious leaders, and people engaged in public life. Its members are from Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, the Sudan, and the Gulf Emirates.\u00a0The group was formed from \u201cunequivocal personal conviction\u201d that dialogue and cooperation constitute the most effective vehicle for achieving unity and harmony between people of different faiths. Members of the group claim \u201cno authority to represent any particular institution or organization.\u201d Through its working history, the Arab Group for Christian-Muslim Dialogue has facilitated various programs and activities focusing on issues such as citizenship, diversity, pluralism and equity, civil society and political participation, common living and action, and the \u201cAbrahamic heritage.\u201d The organization\u2019s charter (in Arabic, Mithaq), as adopted by the group, was formed in a particularly turbulent global climate that is reflected in an especially critical way in the Arab world. The\u00a0Mithaq<\/em>\u00a0is an expression of a shared commitment to engage energetically in \u201cworking together to promote religious freedom.\u201d\u00a0The group is open and welcomes others committed to promoting the affirmations contained in the\u00a0Mithaq.<\/em>\u00a0Insisting that religious freedom is \u201can intrinsic human right that is affirmed by the dictates of religions,\u201d the charter urges that an interactive common living of Muslims and Christians must take place not only through intellectual discourse but also through \u201ca variety of action plans aimed at standing together in the face of the challenges confronting our societies in the spheres of social, educational, moral and cultural arenas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The organization also voices concern over the confusion of \u201cgenuine religious commitment with deplorable fanaticism that invariably leads to extremism and violence.\u201d It insists that \u201csuch fanatic attitudes are necessarily inconsistent with religion.\u201d It calls for \u201cbuilding a culture of dialogue\u201d and promoting the \u201ctolerant values of faith which affirm the humanness and spirituality of the other.\u201d\u00a0Making a point of clarifying that the group views Christian-Muslim dialogue \u201cneither as a vehicle for Islamic proselytism or for Christian evangelization, nor an attempt toward unification of the two faiths, or syncretism,\u201d the Arab Group for Christian-Muslim Dialogue promotes mutual respect for \u201cone another’s belief and an affirmation of the spiritual foundations for a living that is shared in common in one society.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":55146,"template":"","region":[20044,20022],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nArab Group for Christian-Muslim Dialogue - Global Ministries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partner\/regional_arab_group_for\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Arab Group for Christian-Muslim Dialogue - Global Ministries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Arab Group for Christian-Muslim Dialogue was formed in 1995 as an organization of \u201cChristians and Muslims together – a charter for a dialogue of life and common action.\u201d\u00a0Headquartered in Beirut, Lebanon, The Arab Group for Christian-Muslim is composed of … Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partner\/regional_arab_group_for\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Global Ministries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-22T16:31:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Arab-Group-for-Christian-Muslim-Dialogue.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1548\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"708\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partner\/regional_arab_group_for\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partner\/regional_arab_group_for\/\",\"name\":\"Arab Group for Christian-Muslim Dialogue - Global Ministries\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-12-24T05:58:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-22T16:31:53+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partner\/regional_arab_group_for\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partner\/regional_arab_group_for\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partner\/regional_arab_group_for\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Partners\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partners\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Arab Group for Christian-Muslim Dialogue\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/\",\"name\":\"Global Ministries\",\"description\":\"Global Ministries is a common missional witness of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ. 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