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May 27 2017 The month of Ramadam has just started. A time of fast and prayer for all muslims. Our wish of peace IT | EN | ES | DE | FR | HU May 24 2016 PARIS, FRANCE Andrea Riccardi and the Grand Imam Al Tayyeb pay tribute to the victims of the attack at the Bataclan A gesture that shows how the dialogue of civilisations, started more than a year ago between Sant'Egidio and the University of Al Azhar, represents a concrete contribution to a Europe of coexistence between peoples and cultures. Video of the event IT | EN | ES | DE | FR | PT | RU July 7 2015 INDONESIA In Jakarta Sant'Egidio makes a Ramadhan feast for more than 500 poor muslim children and families The "buka puasa", traditional dinner for breaking the fast, becomes an occasion of getting together muslims and christians in the Aula Magna of a Catholic Institute IT | EN | ES | DE | FR | PT June 4 2015 PRESS RELEASE An offensive of dialogue in the face of wars in the Middle East: the conference "East and West: dialogues of civilisations" Presented today in Rome the international conference sponsored by Sant'Egidio to be held on 8 and 9 June in Florence, with the participation of religious leaders of Islam and representatives of politics and the European institutions IT | EN | ES | FR | CA December 5 2014 CAIRO, EGYPT A harsh condemnation of extremism from the conference of al-Azhar "The Islam of jihadists is false" The meeting took place in the most important university in the Arab world, to reflect on the relationship between Islam and extremism. Also present were a delegation of Sant'Egidio and Coptic Christian patriarch Tawadros II. IT | EN | ES | DE | FR | PT September 8 2014 ANTWERP, BELGIUM Paul Bhatti and Khabir Azad: united against violence in Pakistan IT | EN | ES | DE | FR | PT | NL September 8 2014 ANTWERP, BELGIUM Sammak: “There can be no dialogue with terrorists who distort Islam”. Harsh condemnation of ISIS by a Lebanese Sunni at Peace Conference in Antwerp IT | EN | ES | FR | PT | NL July 3 2014 Deep sorrow for the sudden loss of Mahmoud Azab, advisor of the Grand Imam of al-Azhar for the interreligious dialogue IT | EN June 24 2014 From the Islamic world a strong no to the death penalty Marco Impagliazzo, the president of the Community of Sant'Egidio, expressed his appreciation for the position taken by Nadhlatul Ulama, the largest Islamic organisation in the world, which condemns the death penalty, defined as "contrary to human rights" IT | EN | ES | DE | FR | PT | NL June 12 2014 CAIRO, EGYPT A delegation of Sant'Egidio in Cairo meets the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch and the spiritual leader of al-Azhar in preparation for the meeting of religions for peace in Antwerpen IT | EN | ES | DE | FR | ID