Omar Abboud
Omar Abboud (born 1966 ) is a contemporary figure of Islam in Argentina of Syrian-Lebanese origin. He is the director of the Institute for Interreligious Dialogue ( Instituto del Dialog ) in Buenos Aires, founded in 2001 by Rabbi Daniel Goldam, Father Guillermo Marcó (the former spokesman for the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires ) and Jorge Mario Bergoglio (later Pope Francis) . He was general secretary of the Islamic Center of Argentina. He also worked in the slums of Buenos Aires. Rabbis Abraham Skorka and Omar Abboud accompanied Pope Francis on his journey to the Holy Land . Omar Abboud was one of the members of the Muslim delegation at the 3rd seminar of the Catholic-Muslim Forum . He was one of the signatories of the open letter to al-Baghdadi and ISIS .
Omar Abboud is the grandson of Ahmed Hasan Abboud , the first Muslim to translate the Koran from Arabic into Spanish.
See also
literature
- Superar o Muro: Diálogo entre um muçulmano, um rabino e um cristão. Abraham Skorka, Omar Abboud, Antonio Spadaro , Papa Francisco. 2015 Paulinas Editora, ISBN 978-989-673-435-0 (Uma Casa Aberta a Todo) ( book trade link )
Web links
- Guillermo Marcó, " Crónicas de un viaje Interreligioso " in La Nación Blogs (March 14, 2014)
- Jorge Rouillon, " Pope Francis' Holy Land Partners in Faith " in the National Catholic Register (May 23, 2014)
- Omar Abboud
- Pope Francis embraces rabbi and Muslim leader at Western Wall
- Abboud: To speak about religious war is to play the terrorists' game
- Pope Francis and his Jesuit roots
- Director of the instituto de diálogo interreligioso - youtube.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Jewish and Muslim leaders to join Pope's Holy Land trip - catholicnewsagency.com
- ↑ Final Statement of the third Seminar of the "Catholic-Muslim Forum" (Rome, November 11-13, 2014), November 13, 2014
- ↑ See the information at madrasah.de (Prof. Salah al-Din Al-Ja'farawi), cf. lettertobaghdadi.com
- ↑ Abboud: To speak about religious war is to play the terrorists' game. On the website of: La Stampa: Vatican Insider. 19th September 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Abboud, Omar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Director of the Institute for Interreligious Dialogue (Buenos Aires) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1966 |