PEACE Is the FUTURE PROGRAMME Antwerp, 7 – 9 September 2014 Community of Sant’Egidio

Community of Sant’Egidio

Religions and Cultures in Dialogue 100 Years after World War I PEACE is the FUTURE PROGRAMME Antwerp, 7 – 9 September 2014 Community of Sant’Egidio

Religions and Cultures in Dialogue 100 Years after World War I PEACE is the FUTURE Antwerp, 7 – 9 September 2014 SUNDAY September 7th morning 10.00 a.m. Presided over by Eucharistic Johan Bonny Bishop of Antwerp Celebration

In the presence of the representatives of the Christian Churches and Ecclesial Communities

Cathedral of Our Lady

3 SUNDAY SUNDAY September 7th September 7th afternoon afternoon 5.00 p.m. Opening Chairperson MUSIC Opening Hilde Kieboom Assembly Community of Sant’Egidio Witness Assembly Vian Dakheel Opening greetings Yazidi Community, Kris Peeters Member of Parliament, Iraq Co-Formateur of the Federal Government of Belgium Available languages: Dutch, English, French, Italian, Peace is a Workshop Open to All: Arabic, Hebrew, Japanese, Russian, Spanish Bart De Wever the Contribution of Religions Mayor of Antwerp Stadsschouwburg, Ignatius Aphrem II Johan Bonny Syrian Orthodox Patriarch Theaterplein 1 Bishop of Antwerp of Antioch and All the East Message of Pope Francis Abraham Skorka Rabbi, Argentina Speeches Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam Andrea Riccardi Grand Mufti Founder of the Community of Sant’Egidio of the Arab Republic of Egypt Zygmunt Bauman Gijun Sugitani Intellectual and Writer, Poland Supreme Advisor of Tendai Buddhist Denomination, Japan Herman Van Rompuy President of the European Council

4 5 MONDAY MONDAY September 8th September 8th morning morning 9.30 a.m. 9.30 a.m. PANEL 1 Chairperson Chairperson PANEL 2 Marc Stenger David Rosen Religions and Violence Catholic Bishop, France Rabbi, International Director Sustainable Development of Interreligious Affairs, AJC and the Fight against Contributions Poverty in 21st Century Muhammad Abdul Khabir Azad Contributions Grand Imam of the mosque of Lahore, Pakistan Gerard Bodifee Available languages: Dutch, English, French, Italian, Philosopher and Scientist, Belgium Available languages: Dutch, English, French, Italian Arabic, Spanish Paul Bhatti President of the Alliance of All Minorities in Pakistan Christophe De Margerie Auditorium KBC Samir Franjieh President and Director General of TOTAL, France Auditorium BNP Paribas Fortis Schoenmarkt 35 Politician and Intellectual, Lebanon Augusto Forti Wapper Abdul Majeed Al-Najjar Vice-President of “Ideasolidarité”, Italy Member of the Constituent Assembly, Tunisia Mauro Gambetti Domenico Quirico Custodian of the Sacred Convent of Assisi, Italy Journalist of “La Stampa”, Italy Jeffrey D. Sachs Abraham Skorka Director of Earth Institute, Rabbi, Argentina Columbia University, USA Jerry White Department of State, USA

6 7 MONDAY MONDAY September 8th September 8th morning morning 9.30 a.m. 9.30 a.m. PANEL 3 Chairperson Chairperson PANEL 4 Jean-Pierre Delville Michel Camdessus Religious and Secular Catholic Bishop, Belgium Honorary Governor Economy in the Believers in a of the Bank of France service of Peace Globalised World Contributions Eddy Caekelberghs Contributions Journalist of “RTBF”, Belgium Martin Junge Available languages: Dutch, English, French, Italian Available languages: Dutch, English, French, Italian Jean-Arnold de Clermont Secretary General Reformed Church of France of the Lutheran World Federation Thomas More Nedim Gürsel Sudheedra Kulkarni Thomas More Campus Carolus, Aula 005 Writer, Turkey Intellectual and Writer, India Campus Carolus, Aula 006 Korte Nieuwstraat 33 Korte Nieuwstraat 33 Mohammad Sammak Thomas Leysen National Islamic-Christian Chairman Committee for Dialogue, Lebanon of KBC and Umicore, Belgium Avraham Steinberg Katherine Marshall Rabbi, Hebrew University, Israel Senior Advisor of the World Bank, USA Roberto Toscano Ambassador, Italy Antonio Tajani Vice-President Luc Van Der Kelen of the European Parliament Journalist of “Het Laatste Nieuws”, Belgium

8 9 MONDAY MONDAY September 8th September 8th morning morning 9.30 a.m. 9.30 a.m. PANEL 5 Chairperson Chairperson PANEL 6 Ambrogio Spreafico Matteo Zuppi The Believer: a Person who Catholic Bishop, Italy Catholic Bishop, Italy Seeking Peace Experiences Friendship Contributions Contributions Anba Epiphanios Sayyed Mohammad Ali Abtahi Orthodox Bishop, Coptic Church, Egypt President of the Institute Available languages: Dutch, English, French, Italian, for Interreligious Dialogue, Iran Available languages: Dutch, English, French, Italian, Japanese Antoine Guggenheim Arabic Director of the “Collège des Bernardins”, France Abdullah Demirbaş Thomas More Albert Guigui The People’s Democratic Party, Turkey Karel de Grote-Hogeschool Campus Carolus, Aula 109 Chief Rabbi of the Central Sarra Fadika Campus Groenplaats, Aula Swaelen Korte Nieuwstraat 33 Israelite Consistory, Belgium Vice-President of the Nationalestraat 5 Jürgen Johannesdotter National Assembly, Côte d’Ivoire Lutheran Bishop, Germany Lea Koyassoum Doumta Koichi Kawamoto Vice-President of the Parliament, Director of the Academic Research Institute Central African Republic of Rissho Kosei Kai, Japan Slaheddine Jourchi Serafim Journalist and Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Human Rights Activist, Tunisia Romanian Patriarchate Al-Hajj Murad Ebrahim President of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Philippines

10 11 MONDAY MONDAY September 8th September 8th morning morning 9.30 a.m. 9.30 a.m. PANEL 7 Chairperson Chairperson PANEL 8 Agostino Giovagnoli John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan Asia: Religions and the Community of Sant’Egidio Cardinal, Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria Martyrs in Our Times Dignity of Human Life Contributions Contributions Said Aqil Siroj Jesus Delgado President of the Board General Vicar of San Salvador, El Salvador Available languages: Dutch, English, French, Italian, of “Nahdlatul Ulama”, Indonesia Available languages: Dutch, English, French, Italian, Japanese Dionysius Jean Kawak Russian Haruhiko Hioki Orthodox Archbishop, Syrian Church Auditorium Elzenveld Jinja Honcho Shinto, Japan Nikolaj Auditorium ING Lange Gasthuisstraat 45 Gensho Hozumi Bishop, Ukrainian Orthodox Church Lange Gasthuisstraat 20 Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk, Japan Angelo Romano Vidya Jain Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy Director of the Centre for Gandhian Studies, Brian C. Stiller University of Rajasthan, India Global Ambassador of the Jakushun Kinoshita World Evangelical Alliance, Canada President of Tendai Buddhist Virgil Denomination, Japan Greek-Catholic Bishop, Romania Noriaki Nagao Representative of Tenrikyo Headquarters, Japan Masahiro Sato Director of the Intercultural Research Institute of Meiji Jingu, Japan

12 13 MONDAY MONDAY September 8th September 8th afternoon afternoon 4.30 p.m. 4.30 p.m. PANEL 9 Chairperson Chairperson PANEL 10 Johan Bonny Leon Lemmens Christian Unity and Peace Bishop of Antwerp Catholic Bishop, Belgium Immigration: New Europeans for a New Europe Contributions Contributions Ignatius Aphrem II Zygmunt Bauman Syrian Orthodox Patriarch Intellectual and Writer, Poland Available languages: Dutch, English, French, Italian, of Antioch and All the East Available languages: Dutch, English, French, Italian Russian Bernhard Felmberg Athenagoras Ministry for Cooperation Auditorium KBC Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, and Economic Development, Germany Auditorium BNP Paribas Fortis Schoenmarkt 35 Ecumenical Patriarchate Vivian Liska Wapper Richard Chartres Director of the Institute Anglican Bishop of London, United Kingdom of Jewish Studies, Belgium Martin Junge Mario Morcone Secretary General Head of Department, of the Lutheran World Federation Ministry of Interior, Italy Pavel Daniela Pompei Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy Moscow Patriarchate Paul Scheffer Vasileios University of Tilburg, Netherlands Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Church of Cyprus

14 15 MONDAY MONDAY September 8th September 8th afternoon afternoon 4.30 p.m. 4.30 p.m. PANEL 11 Chairperson Chairperson PANEL 12 Ambrogio Spreafico Antonio Ferrari Building a more Human Catholic Bishop, Italy Journalist of “Corriere della Sera”, Italy Conflicts and the Media Society starting from the Poor Contributions Contributions Sayyed Jawwad al Khoei Daniel Deckers Secretary General Journalist of “FAZ”, Available languages: Dutch, English, French, Italian, of “Al-Khoei” Foundation, Iraq Germany Available languages: Dutch, English, French, Italian Arabic Klaus Krämer Ira N. Forman Thomas More President of Missio Aachen, Germany Department of State, USA Thomas More Campus Carolus, Aula 005 Paulo Lockmann M’hamed Krichen Campus Carolus, Aula 006 Korte Nieuwstraat 33 President of the World Methodist Council Journalist of “Al Jazeera TV Channel”, Korte Nieuwstraat 33 Siti Musdah Mulia Tunisia President of the Indonesian Conference Vincent Montagne of Religions for Peace President of “Groupe Media Participation”, Jerzy Norel France General Vicar of Order Jean Claude Petit of Friars Minor Conventual Journalist-Writer, France David Rosen Rudi Vranckx Rabbi, International Director Journalist of “VRT”, Belgium of Interreligious Affairs, AJC

16 17 MONDAY MONDAY September 8th September 8th afternoon afternoon 4.30 p.m. 4.30 p.m. PANEL 13 Chairperson Chairperson PANEL 14 Jaume Castro Paul Poupard City and Peace Community of Sant’Egidio, Spain Cardinal, Holy See Art between Conflict and Peace Contributions Contributions Jaron Engelmayer Nedim Gürsel Rabbi of Cologne, Germany Writer, Turkey Available languages: Dutch, English, French, Italian, Available languages: Dutch, English, French, Italian, Robert Innes Jusuf Hadžifejzović German Anglican Bishop for Europe Artist, Bosnia and Herzegovina Thomas More Iosif Simonetta Lux Karel de Grote-Hogeschool Campus Carolus, Aula 109 Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Art Historian, Italy Campus Groenplaats, Aula Swaelen Korte Nieuwstraat 33 Nationalestraat 5 Romanian Patriarchate César Meneghetti Juvénal Nzosaba Artist, Brazil Union of Baptist Churches in Burundi Johannes Wickert Valérie Régnier Artist, Germany Community of Sant’Egidio, France Laurent Ulrich Catholic Archbishop, France

18 19 MONDAY MONDAY September 8th September 8th afternoon afternoon 4.30 p.m. 4.30 p.m. PANEL 15 Chairperson Chairperson PANEL 16 Jan De Volder Crescenzio Sepe Nigeria: Exiting from the Community of Sant’Egidio, Belgium Cardinal, Archbishop of Naples, Italy The World Suffocates Tunnel of Violence without Dialogue: Contributions Contributions Religions and Cultures Muhammad Ashafa Khadija Bengana Question Themselves Imam, Interfaith Mediation Centre, Journalist of “Al Jazeera TV Channel”, Qatar Available languages: Dutch, English, French, Italian, Nigeria Available languages: Dutch, English, French, Italian, Yoshitaka Hatakeyama Arabic, Japanese Ignatius Ayau Kaigama Secretary General of WCRP-Japan AMUZ Hall Catholic Archbishop, Nigeria Gwenolé Jeusset OFM Auditorium Elzenveld Kammenstraat 81 Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos Franciscan friar, Turkey Lange Gasthuisstraat 45 Institute of Geopolitics, France Israel Singer Mohamed Sambo Haruna Rabbi, Touro University, USA Emir of Wase, Nigeria Didi Talwalkar James Wuye Leader of the “Swadhyaya” Movement, Pastor, Interfaith Mediation Centre, India Nigeria

20 21 MONDAY MONDAY September 8th September 8th afternoon evening 4.30 p.m. 7.00 p.m. PANEL 17 Chairperson Chairperson FORUM Guy Harpigny Hendrik Hoet Religions and Cultures Catholic Bishop, Belgium Community of Sant’Egidio, Belgium The Culture in Dialogue of Living Together on the Value of Life Contributions Contributions Andrej Ahmed Azzouz Orthodox Bishop, Serbian Patriarchate Inspector for the Islamic religion, Belgium Available languages: Dutch, English, French, Italian, Raphael Cohen-Almagor Tamara Chikunova University of Hull, United Kingdom Human Rights Activist, Uzbekistan Auditorium ING Jean-Pierre Denis Lisa Palmieri-Billig Rode Kruis Opvangcentrum Lange Gasthuisstraat 20 Director of “La Vie”, France American Jewish Committee, USA Welcoming Center for Refugees of the Red Cross* Willem Lemmens Raj K. Srivastava Beatrijslaan 100 University of Antwerp Hindu Centre for Developing Societies, India Vincenzo Paglia Archbishop, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family, Holy See

* To access the Center please register yourself in advance to the Secretariat of the Meeting

22 23 TUESDAY TUESDAY September 9th September 9th morning morning 9.30 a.m. 9.30 a.m. PANEL 18 Chairperson Chairperson PANEL 19 Cornelio Sommaruga Crescenzio Sepe 100 Years after World War I: Former President of the International Committee Cardinal, Archbishop of Naples, Italy Solidarity: a Keyword Disarmament is Possible of the Red Cross for Our Times Contributions Contributions Philippe Ouedraogo Vinko Puljic Cardinal, Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Available languages: Dutch, English, French, Italian, Cardinal, Archbishop of Vrhbosna-Sarajevo, Burkina Faso Available languages: Dutch, English, French, Italian, Bosnia and Herzegovina Avichai Apel Auditorium KBC Eugenio Bernardini Rabbi, Germany Auditorium BNP Paribas Fortis Schoenmarkt 35 Moderator of the François Clavairoly Wapper Waldensian Evangelical Church, Italy President of the Protestant Federation of France Richard Chartres Bagrat Galstanyan Anglican Bishop of London, United Kingdom Orthodox Bishop, Armenian Church Mario Marazziti Karl Hinrich Manzke Member of Parliament, President Lutheran Bishop, Vice-President of the Committee for Human Rights, Italy of VELKD, Germany Jan Wouters Armand Puig University of Louvain, Belgium Catholic Theologian, Spain

24 25 TUESDAY TUESDAY September 9th September 9th morning morning 9.30 a.m. 9.30 a.m. PANEL 20 Chairperson Chairperson PANEL 21 Pierre Morel Mario Giro Europe: Reasons for Director of “Pharos Observatory. Under-Secretary of State to the Iraq: What Future? Living Together cultural & religious pluralism”, France Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy

Contributions Contributions Athanasios Louis Raphaël I Sako Available languages: Dutch, English, French, Italian, Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Greece Patriarch of Babylon Available languages: Dutch, English, French, Italian, Arabic Jean-Arnold de Clermont of the Chaldeans, Iraq Thomas More Reformed Church of France Sayyed Jawwad al Khoei Thomas More Campus Carolus, Aula 005 Patrick H. Daly Secretary General Campus Carolus, Aula 006 of “Al-Khoei” Foundation, Iraq Korte Nieuwstraat 33 Secretary General of COMECE Korte Nieuwstraat 33 Jonan Fernandez Erdocia Vian Dakheel Yazidi Community, Secretary General for Peace and Coexistence Member of Parliament, Iraq of the Basque Governement, Spain Ursula Männle Anwar Hadaya Ninivah Provincial Council, Iraq President of the “Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung”, Germany Kamal Muslim Steven Vanackere Minister of Endowements and Religious Affair of Kurdistan, Iraq Senator, Belgium Joseph Yacoub Catholic University of Lyon, France

26 27 TUESDAY TUESDAY September 9th September 9th morning morning 9.30 a.m. 9.30 a.m. PANEL 22 Chairperson Chairperson PANEL 23 Michel Santier Angelo Scelzo Whoever Encounters Catholic Bishop, France Vice-Director of the Holy See Press Office Youth and Elderly: God Sees Man Intergenerational Solidarity Contributions Contributions Mohamed Achaibi Ellard Alumando Vice-President of the Executive Community of Sant’Egidio, Malawi Available languages: Dutch, English, French, Italian, of Muslims in Belgium Available languages: Dutch, English, French, Italian, German David Brodman Arabic Joachim Gnilka Rabbi, Israel Thomas More Catholic Theologian, Germany Stefan Dartmann Karel de Grote-Hogeschool Campus Carolus, Aula 109 Syuhud Sahudi Marsudi President of “Renovabis”, Germany Campus Groenplaats, Aula Swaelen Korte Nieuwstraat 33 Nationalestraat 5 Secretary General of “Nahdlatul Ulama”, Indonesia Aleksandra Kania Jean Mbarga Sociologist, Poland Catholic Bishop, Cameroun Abdelfattah Mourou Anders Wejryd Vice-President Co-President of the World Council of Churches of the “Ennadha” Movement, Tunisia Oded Wiener Luc Van Looy Former General Director Catholic Bishop, Belgium of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel

28 29 TUESDAY TUESDAY September 9th September 9th morning morning 9.30 a.m. 9.30 a.m. PANEL 24 Chairperson Chairperson PANEL 25 Marco Gnavi Vittorio Ianari Prayer Saves the World Community of Sant’Egidio Community of Sant’Egidio Muslims and Christians Together for Peace Contributions Contributions Isak Haleve Paul Poupard Chief Rabbi of Turkey Cardinal, Holy See Available languages: Dutch, English, French, Italian, Available languages: Dutch, English, French, Italian Turkish Ioan Anwar Ibrahim Orthodox Archbishop, Romanian Patriarchate Member of Parliament, Malaysia Auditorium Elzenveld Benoit Standaert Mohammed Esslimani Auditorium ING Lange Gasthuisstraat 45 Benedictine monk, Belgium Islamic Theologian, Egypt Lange Gasthuisstraat 20 Tep Vong Saleh Guirguis Ibrahim Patriarch of Cambodian Buddhism Coptic Orthodox Church, Egypt Sjirk Van Der Zee Bin Muaammar Faisal Protestant Pastor, Netherlands Secretary General of “KAICIID”, Saudi Arabia Felix Anthony Machado Catholic Bishop, India Muhammad Khalid Masud Member of the Supreme Court of Pakistan

30 31 TUESDAY September 9th afternoon 4.30 a.m. Prayer 5.00 p.m. Prayer for Peace for Peace In different locations, according to the various religions, in the very centre of the city

6.30 p.m. Peace Procession From the prayer locations, in procession towards the stage on the Grote Markt

7.00 p.m. Final Ceremony Concluding Addresses Johan Bonny Bishop of Antwerp Martin Schulz President of the European Parliament Andrea Riccardi Founder of the Community of Sant’Egidio Testimonies Proclamation and delivery of the Peace Appeal 2014 Lighting of the candelabras, signing of the Appeal and exchange of a sign of peace

32 33 The venues of the Meeting

Pelikaanstraat

SCHELDE A Cathedral of Our Lady b B Stadsschouwburg, Theaterplein 1 Plantin en Moretuslei Grote Markt C Grote Markt Jordaenskaai C 1 Auditorium KBC, Schoenmarkt 35 3 4 5 2 Auditorium BNP Paribas Fortis, Wapper 2 A a 3 Thomas More, Campus Carolus, Aula 005, Korte Nieuwstraat 33 f 4 Thomas More, Campus Carolus, Aula 006, Korte Nieuwstraat 33 Groenplaats 5 Thomas More, Campus Carolus, Aula 109, Korte Nieuwstraat 33 d e 1 6 Karel de Grote-Hogeschool, Campus Groenplaats, Aula Swaelen, Nationalestraat 5 Meir 6 7 Auditorium Elzenveld, Lange Gasthuisstraat 45 De Keyserlei 8 Auditorium ING, Lange Gasthuisstraat 20 2

9 AMUZ, Kammenstraat 81 Wapper 10 Red Cross Welcoming Center for Refugees, Beatrijslaan 100 Nationalestraat 9 B 8 Prayer locations Theaterplein c a Christians, Cathedral of Our Lady b Muslims, Moskee El Nour, Wipstraat 16 7 c Jews, Synagoge Beith Moshe, Hoveniersstraat 31

d Buddhists, Heilige Geeststraat 21 Gasthuisstraat Lange e Indian Religions, Plantijn Moretusmuseum, Vrijdagmarkt 22-23 Kennedytunnel E17 - Ring Frankrijklei

f Oriental Religions, Karel de Grote-Hogeschool, Nationalestraat 5 10 Stadspark Secretariat of the Meeting

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