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SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT - RELIGION
 UAE is a role model for religious, civil and personal freedoms: Swiss researcher
Posted on 29/01/2010
The UAE has set a sublime model in terms of religious, civil and personal freedoms as a host country of hundreds of thousands of foreign workers with diverse faiths, creeds and nationalities, a Swiss researcher has acknowledged.
Speaking at a lecture hosted by Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) yesterday on 'Europe's Muslims Between Marginalisation and Integration', Hasni Abidi, Director of the Geneva-based CERMAM, Study and Research Center for the Arab and
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 Nahyan receives Mor Baselios Thomas I
Posted on 17/01/2010
H.E Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al-Nahyan received His Beatitude Aboon Mor Baselios Thomas I, the Catholicos (Maphrian) of India who is on a current visit to the UAE. The meeting discussed the achievements made by the UAE in further promoting tolerance and the culture of interfaith coexistence and peace.
Sheikh Nahyan stressed that the UAE, under the leadership of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, still calls for tolerance and respect for all faiths. This approach, he
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![]() Christian Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt appreciates UAE religious tolerance
Posted on 08/01/2010
The Christian Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt of in Abu Dhabi appreciated during Christmas celebrations the UAE's religious tolerance policy under the leadership of President HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Supreme Council Members and Rulers of Emirates.
During the prayer yesterday, patrons of the church extended their best wishes for the new year to the UAE leaders and wished more
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 Large turnout for Christmas mass in Dubai
Posted on 26/12/2009
Thousands of worshippers gathered along Oud Metha Road on Friday as they visited their respective churches in celebration of Christmas as they attended mass and church services.
Father Tomasito Venerecion, Parish Priest at St Mary's Church, said he was quite pleased with the turnout of the Catholic worshippers who attended Christmas mass on Friday morning.
"The turnout was quite large, possibly because it coincided with the weekend. The mass went in order and was well-organised with the help
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 This Christmas 'spotlight is on religious harmony' in UAE
Posted on 24/12/2009
On Thursday, thousands of Christians will attend the Christmas service at St Andrew's Church while their Muslim neighbours will be attending the Friday sermon at the mosque next door, illustrating the religious harmony of the UAE, said the church's pastor.
"Every Friday, when mass at church and the prayer call and Friday Sermon at Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Mosque [off Airport Road] go together, I always think of Abu Dhabi as a religious enclave", pastor Clive Windebank told Gulf News.
The
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 Church leaders salute UAE's tolerance
Posted on 14/12/2009
The inauguration of a new building to house the Evangelical Church of Abu Dhabi on Sunday saw church leaders fondly remembering the support and backing they had received all along to follow their faith in the UAE.
Reverend Carl Sherbeck, who founded the church ministry in Abu Dhabi in 1972, delivered the keynote address at the function.
"Long back, there was no such plan to build a church but later the church in [its] own building became a reality with the benevolence and support of the
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 Mohammed bin Zayed attends Lecture on Tolerance
Posted on 28/10/2009
HH General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces attended on Monday a seminar on "Tolerance in Islamic history", which was delivered by Dr. Rashid Alckheon, researcher in the Islamic intellectual heritage.
The seminar held at the Palace of Sheikh Mohammed was also attended by HH Sheikh Suroor bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, HH Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, National Security Advisor, HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al
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 Nahyan opens French Church in Abu Dhabi
Posted on 25/10/2009
The United Arab Emirates will remain a symbol of tolerance, fraternity and equality, regardless of colour, religion or race said H.E. Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education '&' Scientific Research.
In a speech made after opening the French Church in Abu Dhabi yesterday, Sheikh Nahyan said the UAE, since its establishment by the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, has been hosting people from different nationalities, ethnicities and backgrounds.
"They all
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 Mohammed bin Rashid lauds Mosque architecture
Posted on 11/10/2009
Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has called for maintenance of Mosque Architecture as per original Islamic architecture, which amalgamates the aesthetic design and heritage in a way that reflects history of the region, religious and social legacy as well.
Lt. General Mesbah Rashid Al Fattan, Director of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid's office, who was assigned to head the technical team to follow up the
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![]() UAE adopts religious tolerance, people coexistence: Coptic Church
Posted on 21/09/2009
Egyptian Orthodox Coptic Church, has paid a glowing tribute to the UAE, describing it as an oasis of peace, religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence.
The remark was made at the Ramadan breakfast held Saturday by the Cathedral in presence of HE Ahmed Jumaa Al Zaabi, Deputy Minister for Presidential Affairs, Al Sheikh Ali Al Hashimi, Religious and Judicial Affairs Adviser at the UAE Presidential Affairs Ministry, HE Dr Hamdan Al Mazrouei, Chairman of the General Authority for Religious
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![]() H1N1 Clearance Made Compulsory for Haj Visa
Posted on 14/09/2009
Performers of Haj this year will need to furnish a health certificate to show they are free of the H1N1 virus, the General Authority for Islamic Affairs and Endowments has announced.
Mohammed Obeid Al Mazrouie, head of the UAE Official Haj Mission and executive director of the authority, told Khaleej Times the measure was compulsory to obtain entry visa for Haj.
"We are joining hands with the Ministry of Health and other local health authorities to lay out the standard health form for the
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 Mohammed bin Rashid receives German Muslim Scholar Hofmann
Posted on 11/09/2009
Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, received at his Al Marmum resort last night German Muslim Scholar Dr Murad Hofmann, who has been selected as Islamic Personality of the year by the Dubai International Holy Quran Award in its 13th edition.
Sheikh Mohammed congratulated Hofmann on his selection as the Islamic Personality of the year and appreciated his efforts to boost Islam as a religion of tolerance and love
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![]() CEFC: UAE perfect country to lead efforts to build bridges between East and West
Posted on 04/09/2009
A prominent American Muslim scholar Mohammad Bashar Arafat lambasted the stereotyping of Islam and Arab culture by fear-mongering media and called for abstaining from judging all Muslims and Arabs on the acts of certain Muslims.
"Islam is a faith that stresses generous and peaceful co-existence, respect, kindness and love, and its teachings instruct living peacefully and generously with others," according to Mohammad Bashar Arafat, Founder and president of the Maryland-based Civilizations
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 UAE is ready to offer its expertise to ISESCO: UAE Minister
Posted on 03/07/2009
The UAE commended yesterday the role the Islamic, Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO) is playing in promoting the Islamic culture regionally and internationally and offered to put its potentials at the service of the pan-Islamic body.
'The UAE stands ready to pass its rich expertise and achievements to ISESCO to enable its deliver its strategic objectives, UAE Minister of Education Humaid Al Qattami said in an address at the opening session of the ISESCO General
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 Dh10m donated for mosque projects
Posted on 31/05/2009
More than 80 mosques will be built in the Emirates after a month-long fund-raising campaign gathered millions of dirhams, officials said. Members of the public donated Dh10 million (US$2.7m) to build new mosques and refurbish existing ones, while 82 other mosques each were financed by a person or family.
About half of the total will be built in Al Ain, where the need for mosques is considered greatest, according to the General Authority for Islamic Affairs and Endowments, which ended the
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