Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue

January 26, 2012

Pakistan: Pope Names Interfaith-Dialogue Promoter as Karachi Archbishop

Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday appointed Joseph Coutts as archbishop of Karachi, the Pakistani sprawling southern port city where Christians have been the target of religious violence, the Vatican announced.

DICID and QRC Drive to Help Philippines Typhoon-Hit

The Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) has launched a campaign to mobilise QR8.5mn as part of its humanitarian efforts to help victims of the recent typhoon that wreaked havoc in the northern and eastern regions of Mindanao island in the Philippines.

Al-Azhar Issues ‘Basic Freedoms Document’ as Basis for New Constitution

The Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Ahmed al-Tayyeb, announced at a news conference on Tuesday January 10, the “Basic Freedoms Document” that will serve as the basis for the new constitution. It includes articles that call for freedom of belief, opinion,