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042 - CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS IN MILAN: WHAT DIALOGUE?

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COMMUNITY – 06 – 2010

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Christians and Muslims in Milan: what dialogue? Together with Christianity and Judaism it is possible to share precious resources to build the global culture of Peace and Fraternity.

Recent events have brought to light behaviours originating from Arab immigration, not referable to other immigrants, which have, to say the least, astonished the majority of Italians, incomprehensible behaviours but which have as their origin the social structure of the Arab countries. In fact, the Arab, accustomed to living in a mono-cultural environment, is confronted by global emigration with diversified environments, is frightened by the apparent absence of God, is pushed to shut himself away and the Muslims to turn to Islamic centres which are proliferated thanks to the financing of the Arab countries. Islam thus becomes for many young immigrants the only clear reference point both on a cultural and religious level.

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043 -LETTER TO THE MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT

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CADR AMBROSIANO – 31/01/2011

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Ladies and gentlemen,

We have been committed to inter-religious dialogue for more than twenty years, starting from Milan but also throughout the country. We intend to convey to you our voice united with that of many other men and women who have already spoken out on the tragic events of Alexandria and beyond, so that the Members of the European Parliament may become increasingly effective promoters of justice, freedom and peaceful coexistence among the peoples of the Mediterranean area. After the serious fact of the killing of Christians in Alexandria (it is now known that for years during the Christmas holidays this violence has been repeated in the country), we would like to state, first of all, that Christians in the Arab world are native citizens with duties and rights towards their own country and who govern regardless of the religious beliefs of the majority; instead, it seems that they are considered and perceived both inside and outside the country as a foreign ethnic group. It is not just a question of increasing protection measures through law enforcement: it is not a question of security, but of ‘culture’.

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047 - MARE NOSTRUM AND IMMIGRATION

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ALDAI – 29/10 – 2014

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We are honoured to have saved thousands of lives on the run from the southern shore of the Mediterranean. It reminds us that between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries millions of Europeans migrated to Africa where they settled, contributing substantially to the economic and cultural development of African countries but without having taken root in the social fabric they found themselves expelled, forced to return to their countries of origin. After the Second World War the African countries started a strong campaign of demographic development with the result over fifty years of tripling the number of their inhabitants; but there was also a growing impoverishment because demographic development was not accompanied by adequate economic growth. In the same period Europe has grown economically with an older population that is demographically stable, creating a gap that young Africans are trying to bridge; just think that Egypt’s GDP does not exceed that of the province of Milan alone.

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052 - DO WE BELIEVE IN THE SAME GOD?

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PARISH – 3-2014

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Dr. Giuseppe Samir Eid presented Don Walter with some clarifications on the apostolic exhortation of Pope Francis “Evangelii gaudium” to which our parish priest willingly replied. Dear Don Walter, the Muslims “worship with us a single, merciful God” (E. G. n. 252). I would take this sentence with caution. It is true that Muslims worship a unique and merciful God. But this sentence suggests that the two conceptions of God are equal. Instead, in Christianity God is Trinity in its essence, plurality united by love. And that is a little more than just clemency and mercy. We have two quite different conceptions of divine uniqueness.

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