Ibrahim Saleem (Abu Dhabi)
Tomorrow, the UAE and the world will celebrate the International Day of Human Fraternity, which falls on February 4 of each year, in commemoration of the day that witnessed the signing of the “Human Fraternity Document” for global peace and coexistence, which was signed in Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, Grand Imam Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb. And the Pope of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, and the articles contained in the document that the world is in dire need of, after hatred and rhetoric of extremism and hatred have been crushed in the body of humanity.
The Human Fraternity Document states that the correct teachings of religions call for adhering to the values of peace and upholding the values of mutual acquaintance, human brotherhood and coexistence; And that freedom is the right of every human being: in belief, thought, expression and practice, and that pluralism and differences in religion, colour, gender, race and language are wisdom of a divine will, God has created human beings on it, and made it a permanent basis from which the rights of freedom of belief, freedom of difference, and the criminalization of coercion of people to a particular religion or culture branch off. Specific, or impose a civilized style is not accepted by the other.
She emphasized that the hateful terrorism that threatens the security of people, whether in the east or west, in the north and the south, and haunts them with fear and terror and anticipation of the worst, is not a product of religion – even if the terrorists raise its banners and wear its insignia – but rather is the result of the accumulation of wrong understandings of the texts of religions and the policies of hunger, poverty, injustice and oppression. transcendence; She indicated that the concept of citizenship is based on equality in duties and rights under which everyone enjoys justice. Therefore, work must be done to consolidate the concept of full citizenship in our societies.
She pointed out that the relationship between East and West is an absolute necessity for both, and it cannot be replaced or ignored, so that both of them can enrich themselves from the other civilization through exchange and dialogue of cultures. The United Nations noted that the “Document on Human Fraternity” laid out a framework for a new global constitution that lays out a road map for humanity towards a tolerant world.