Joint Muslim-Christian faith in one God

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The opening conference words were for: Head of Imam Sadr Foundation Mme Rabab Sadr, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East St. Bishara Peter Rahi, His Eminence the Grand Mufti of Lebanon Sheikh Dr. Mohammed Rashid Qabbani, His Beatitude the Patriarch of the Roman Catholic Ignatius IV Hazim, His Eminence Sheikh mind of the Druze sect Sheikh Naeem Hasan, Roman Catholic Patriarch Gregorios III Laham, Vice President of the Higher Islamic Shiite Council Sheikh Imam Abdul Amir Kaplan, then the word of Imam Musa al-Sadr by a documentary film.

Representative of the Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Peter Rahi expressed his belief in human dignity which God created to be the masters of the universe, by love and obedience to the Creator of everything.

In His turn, Sheikh Wafik Hijazi, delivered the Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani's word, stressed that "we must have the necessities of life to keep sovereignty and independence, and pointed out that" the most important factor to build this nation is to have a common Word to cut off the attempts to deflect this nation into small states, which the enemies and colonists wants."

Patriarch of Antioch and All the East of the Roman Orthodox Ignatius IV Hazim had his speech by Bishop Ghattas Hazim who listed the principles that formed the essence of faith in the Imam Musa al-Sadr vision:
-The joint Muslim-Christian faith in one God.
-Religion is one, even if there were many religions
-Christian and Islamic religions have made to the service of man and the right to life
-Both Religions call for common spiritual and moral values ​​to the rapprochement and mutual benefit.

For his part, Sheikh Ghassan Al-Halabi, during delivering Sheikh Akl Druze sect Sheikh Naeem Hasan's word, pointed out "to the human values of Imam Musa al-Sadr and his rejection of the sectarian nerve and its emphasis on openness to all peoples." He stopped at the Palestinian issue, which "was in the depth of conscience of the Imam, who considered it a long-term civilized battle."

Word of the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East of the Roman Catholic Gregorios III Laham, was delivered by Bishop Pierre Bstroes, who said  "the Common Word mean to worship God, who we believe in all that he is one God and no matter how many terms by which we express His oneness," stressing that "minorities should not to look for external protection but look for the equality protection because the foreign will seperate citizens and opens the door to conflicts between human beings."

Vice-President of the Lebanese Supreme Islamic Shiite Council Sheikh Abdul Amir Kabalan called who do not read history well to "extinguish the fire of the Levant before devouring all houses of the Arabs."
In his speech delivered by Mufti Sheikh Ahmad Kabalan, he stressed "that Syria is the strategic center of the intersection between the camp of the West, Arab World and Turkey from one hand and the camp of defiance and resistance from the other hand," pointing out that any movement will mean a regional war."

"Who have Tehran as the Center Of His Alliance will never not see the loss." His Eminence Stressed

Adding that "Lebanon,the cradle of the resistance, own to Syria who stood beside him, and this Lebanon would be required to pay the debt in any plight that affect Syria, on the other hand Kabalan called the Libyan government "to investigate in the case of the disappearance of concealed Imam Musa al-Sadr and his two companions."

The "Common Word" 12 conference opening was concluded by a word from the Imam al-Sadr archive.

Among the audience was Speaker Nabih Berri, representing the President of the Republic, General Michel Suleiman, Minister of Information Walid Daouk representing Prime Minister Najib Mikati, the head of the Loyalty to the Resistance bloc MP Hajj Mohammad Raad, representing the Secretary General of Hezbollah Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ghazanfar RoknAbadi, the Moroccan ambassador Omleil and a crowd of distinguished scientists and MPs and ministers, including Minister Mohammad Fneish and MP Abbas Hashem, and a crowd of spiritual, political and social figures.

/129