The role of Christian communities in a new Middle East - Main contents
| date | April 7, 2016 |
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| location | European Parliament Brussels  |
| organisation | European Christian Political Movement (ECPM) i |
MEP’s Branislav Škripek and Bastiaan Belder, together with the European Christian Political Movement (ECPM) and Transatlantic Christian Council (TCC) warmly invite you to the conference:
The role of Christian communities in a new Middle East. Prospects & Challenges
This conference will focus on the future of Christian communities in countries like Syria and Iraq. Besides the Christian communities, speakers will address the prospects of democracy, political Islam and the role of Israel in a new Middle East.
Two central questions during this event will be How can we promote (religious) freedom in this region? and What are the challenges and opportunities for Christians in specific?
Hosts
Bas Belder - MEP Netherlands SGP/ECPM
Branislav Škripek - MEP Slovakia Olano/ECPM
Henk Jan van Schothorst - Executive Director Transatlantic Christian Council (TCC)
Draft programme:
13.00 - Opening words hosts Branislav Skripek and Bas Belder
13.15- Welcoming words Henk Jan van Schothorst (TCC)
13.20 - Introduction topic - information on current situation in Syria and Middle East
13.30 - Lecture three paradigms: Military dictatorship/political Islam/Democracy
14.00 - Panel discussion - How to promote freedom in the Middle East?
14.45 - Second part of the conference - Opportunities for Christians
14.50 - Lecture: The current state of Christian communities in the Middle East
15.15 - Lecture: Opportunities for Christians in areas of increased democracy
15.40 - Lecture: Impediments for growing freedom and democracy - preparing people for democracy
16.00 - Panel discussion - Supporting and safeguarding democracy & Christianity in Syria & the Middle East
16.30 - End of conference
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Main speakers:
Rima Tüzün - Head of Foreign Affairs of the European Syriac Union, initiator of the common declaration of the Minorities in Iraq (Ezidi Kurdic (Yezidi’s), Chaldean-Syriac-Assyrian and Turkmen peoples) with the “Call for restoration of human rights through a political future in Iraq”
Kirsten Evans - Executive Director of 'In Defense of Christians' in the Middle East (IDF), based in Washington DC
Adina Portaru - Legal counsel for ADF International, Belgium
Andras Patkai - European Director for International Israel Allies Caucus Foundation
Martin Janssen - Expert in the Middle East
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