Israel’s first official interfaith delegation to the United Arab Emirates attended an occasion at Expo 2020 Dubai on Monday, marking the beginning of Tolerance Week, the official Emirates Information Company (WAM) reported.
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“[The delegation] thanked the UAE for its acceptance and tolerance,” WAM reported, citing a press launch issued by the Israeli Ministry of Overseas Affairs and the Bureau for World Jewish Affairs and World Religions.
The occasion, titled “The Position of Non secular Leaders in Tolerance Training,” included audio system who had been leaders representing 5 main religions: Jews, Muslims, Christians, Druze and Bahai.
They “shared their concepts on methods to promote peace, coexistence and interreligious dialogue on the occasion held at Israel Pavilion” of Expo 2020 Dubai.
The audio system additionally mentioned varied features of tolerance schooling and dialogue between peoples and religions with their UAE counterparts, in addition to instruments to create bridges and struggle extremism and prejudice, the information company reported.
Israel and the UAE formally established diplomatic relations over a 12 months in the past by signing the ‘Abraham Accords’ in September 2020.
In accordance with the Israeli Ministry of Overseas Affairs, there are 3,000 Jewish individuals presently residing within the UAE, WAM reported.
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