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Inter-Religious'Fundamental Rights and Democracy' conference
On 19 June 2006 a conference entitled 'Fundamental Rights and Democracy' was held in Cairo, Egypt. The conference was organized by Oasis, (www.cisro.it) a Venice based international study and research centre founded by Cardinal Angelo Scola, Patriarch of Venice, in 2004. Since it was founded Oasis has been a place for
inter-religious dialogue between Christians and Muslims.
For this conference, for the first time, representatives
of the World Jewish Congress were invited to participate
in the dialogue and reflections on the relations between
the West and the Islamic world. Israel Singer, chairman
of the WJC Policy Council, attended the conference and
gave a presentation on Judaism and Democracy. The conference was held in the University of Al-Azhar, the oldest Islamic academic institution. Read the presentation by Israel Singer
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