Metanoia Listening Center and the Adyan Foundation held a symposium on nonviolence with Christian and Muslim religious leaders, and celebrated the center's third anniversary.
Metanoia Listening Center, in partnership with the Adyan Foundation, is organizing a symposium on
"The Power of Nonviolence in the Face of Violence: Illusion or Reality?"
4:00 – 4:30 pm: Welcome
4:30 – 5:15 pm: Opening session
Bishop Elie Bechara Haddad, Archbishop of the Greek Melkite Catholic Diocese of Sidon and Deir El-Qamar
Sheikh Mohammad Osseiran, Mufti of Sidon and Zahrani – Higher Islamic Shiite Council, Sidon
Sheikh Salim Sousan, Mufti of Sidon and the South – Dar Al-Fatwa, Sidon
Documentary film about Bishop Salim Ghazal
5:15 – 6:30 pm: Round table (moderated by Ghassan Hajjar, managing editor of An-Nahar newspaper)
Nonviolence in the Christian tradition: Father Fadi Daou, chairman of the Adyan Foundation
Nonviolence in the Islamic tradition: Sheikh Mohammad Abou Zeid, Sharia judge of Sidon
Nonviolence in civil struggle: Dr. Ilham Kallab, member of the council of the Academic University College for Non-Violence and Human Rights (AUNOHR)
The symposium will end with the cutting of a cake to mark three years since the founding of Metanoia Listening Center.
When: Saturday 20 October 2018
Where: Georges Younan Hall – Basilica complex – Shrine of Our Lady of Mantara – Maghdouche
All are welcome.
