The Supreme Council of Islamic Jurisprudence (Ifta) said the upcoming visit by Pope Francis to the UAE in February at the invitation of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, Solidarity and extinguishing burning fires among humans, stressing that this visit represents "a historic opportunity to highlight the cultural image of the UAE as a global capital for tolerance."

The President of the Council congratulated the leadership of the State on the unique and first visit to the region. He pointed out that the Muslims were previously not prepared for religious dialogues. They did not have a unified vision and agenda on these dialogues as a result of exaggeration and extreme and extremist rhetoric. Themes, titles and agendas of dialogues.

The UAE Legitimate Fatwa Council congratulates HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and their Highnesses Rulers of the UAE, on the occasion of the proclamation of the year 2019 as a year of tolerance. He affirmed that the Declaration is in line with the UAE vision, based on the values ​​of tolerance and tolerance, God bless him.

"The New Year is another occasion to pay tribute to the values ​​of tolerance, acceptance of the other, happy coexistence and human brotherhood," said the president of the council Abdullah bin Bayah. "The year of good is a renewed occasion to pay tribute to values ​​of tolerance, Constitutes an integrated culture, with its values, manifestations and fields.

"Islam considers all human beings to be brothers, blocking the many wars that human history has known because of ethnic differences," he said. "Islam recognizes the right of people to disagree, and also recognizes their right to practice." Their religion, has spoiled the door to religious wars, which almost date human history to be a record, and considered Islam dialogue and persuasion the best way.

He pointed out that Islam considered the origin of the relationship with other peaceful people, which is provided on the basis of righteousness and premium and premiums, and also identified the causes of war as an attack and not kufr, explaining that these noble meanings of tolerance, which framed the vision of the Emirates Council for Fatwa and all other events.

"We completed a few days ago from the fifth forum of the Peace Promotion Forum, which is part of this context, where we have devoted to the call for a new alliance of interfaith curiosity, based on the principle of acquaintance and the mechanism of dialogue and based on the successes of this forum and the hopes cast in the hearts of participants from all We are planning to dedicate the Sixth Forum in 2019 to tolerance, the role of religions in promoting its values ​​in the world, and the Forum for the Promotion of Peace during Tolerance Year will organize an international conference to be issued by the Abu Dhabi Charter for Citizenship and Coexistence. Across the world to Ziz the concept of tolerance, and the definition of the role of the UAE in spreading the Islamic vision of a tolerant ».

He added: "At the level of media and contemporary means of communication, the Forum will issue documentary films under the name of Tolerance, hosting the spiritual leaders representing different religions. We will seek through the Ifta Council to organize training courses for imams and imams in the country and abroad on the culture of tolerance and We aspire to the establishment of an integrated educational curriculum for tolerance education and culture education, in religious colleges and centers of training and rehabilitation of religious guides ».

For his part, the head of the General Authority for Islamic Affairs and Endowments, Dr. Mohammad Matar Al-Kaabi, said that the announcement by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, about the year of tolerance is an opportunity to consolidate values ​​we believe in, We do.

Al-Kaabi said that the visit of Pope Benedict XVI in February is a historic opportunity to highlight the cultural image of the UAE as a global capital for tolerance. He pointed out that the presence of the Pope in the UAE with world religious leaders, Religions carry the message of peace and establish the meaning of "human brotherhood" based on tolerance, mutual respect and humanitarian cooperation.