Human Fraternity Document panel formed

Ahigher committee has been set up in Abu Dhabi to implement the Human Fraternity Document signed by Pope Francis of the Catholic Church and the Grand Imam of Al Azhar, Dr Ahmad Al Tayyeb in the UAE capital in February.

The committee includes Bishop Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue; Prof Mohammad Hussain Mahrasawi, President of Al Azhar University; Monsignor Yoannis Lahzi Gaid, Personal Secretary of Pope Francis; Judge Mohammad Mahmoud Abdul Salam, Advisor to the Grand Imam; Mohammad Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of the Department of Culture and Tourism, Abu Dhabi; Dr Sultan Faisal Al Rumaithi, Secretary-General of the Muslim Council of Elders; and Yasser Hareb Al Muhairi, Emirati writer and media personality.

His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, said that the formation of the committee would help to implement the shared vision of developing initiatives and ideas to foster tolerance, cooperation and coexistence. The UAE supports all efforts that promote peace and spread the principles of fraternity and peaceful coexistence worldwide, he added.

The committee is tasked with developing a framework to ensure the objectives of the global Declaration of Human Fraternity are realised. It will also prepare the necessary plans to implement the document, follow up on its implementation at regional and international levels.