Coordinating Council for Christian-Islamic Dialogue
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Establishment date | 2003 |
| Place of foundation | Bad Boll |
| Seat | Berlin |
| Muslim chairman | Abdlqalq Azrak |
| Christian chairperson | Irene Diakite |
| Website | www.kcid.de |
The Coordinating Council of the Christian-Islamic Dialogue eV (KCID) (until 2007 the coordinating council of the associations of the Christian-Islamic dialogue in Germany eV ) is the umbrella organization of Christian-Islamic dialogue organizations in Germany. Its seat is Berlin .
Structure and tasks
The association has 14 member organizations (as of March 2015). The activities of the KCID include events such as lectures and conferences. He represents the member organizations at the federal level. Most of them are active locally or regionally, some also supraregional or nationwide, such as the Christian-Islamic Society or the Bendorfer Forum . According to the statutes of the KCID, any long-term association of Muslims and Christians in Germany can become a member of the association if it is primarily dedicated to dialogue and cooperation and members of both religions are represented in its governing bodies.
The chairmen were Murat Aslanoğlu (as Muslim chairman) and Melanie Miehl (as Christian chairwoman) from the foundation of the association until 2008 . Church representatives and politicians - such as Federal Presidents Johannes Rau and Horst Köhler - invited you for talks. Aslanoglu was also by Pope Benedict XVI. receive. In 2008, the general assembly of the KCID elected Ali Nihat Koç as Muslim and Thomas Lemmen as Christian chairman. From May 2010 to December 2012 Emina Čorbo-Mešić and Jürgen Meyer were chairmen of the association. They were followed by Abderrahim En-Nosse and Susanna Faust-Kallenberg. In April 2014, Abdlqalq Azrak and Irene Diakite were elected chairmen.
The association has received project-related financial support from the Federal Ministry of the Interior since it was founded .
Member associations
- Bamberg: Interreligious Women’s Initiative Bamberg
- Bonn: Working group Muslims and Christians in the north of Bonn
- Düsseldorf: We build bridges
- Essen: Association for Christian-Islamic Encounters Ruhr eV
- Giessen: Christian-Islamic Society (CIG) in Giessen eV
- Karlsruhe: Christian-Islamic Society Karlsruhe eV
- Cologne: Christian-Islamic Society eV (supraregional, seat: Cologne)
- Mannheim: Mannheim Institute for Integration and Interreligious Dialogue eV
- Marl: Christian-Islamic Working Group Marl
- Neu-Isenburg: Islamic-Christian working group in Hesse
- Nuremberg: Meeting Center Brücke - Köprü
- Rüsselsheim: Bendorfer Forum for Ecumenical Encounters and Interreligious Dialogue eV
- Schwalbach: German-Foreign Community Schwalbach eV
- Stuttgart: Society for Christian-Islamic Encounters and Cooperation (CIBZ) eV
Web links
- Homepage of the KCID
- Map of the Christian-Islamic dialogue in Germany ( Memento from May 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Statutes of the KCID ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Federal Ministry of Justice: 16. – 18. Report of the Federal Republic of Germany according to Article 9 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination . October 5, 2006.