Vogelweidplatz 7
1150 Wien
Austria
- Religion
Particular objectives:
* to establish a network between Catholic and Islamic institutions and organizations in Vienna
* to enable and attend encounter on all levels
* to provide education and retraining
* to cooperate with all international initiatives concerning the Christian-Islamic dialogue taking place in Vienna
* to assure consulting in the context of Christian-Islamic relationships and attendance of interfaith marriages.
The ‘Centre for Christian-Islamic Encounter’ is involved in the following activities:
- training of Turkish Imams coming to Austria
- annual Austrian-Indonesian Dialogue Symposiums in Vienna
- cooperation with the ‘Liechtenstein Institute on Self Determination at Princeton University’
- networking with the German Bishops´ Conference CIBEDO (Christian-Islamic Encounter and Documentation); with Institutions of Islamic and Christian organizations in Turkey; with the federation of European Islam-commissioners of the different Christian Churches “Journee d´Arras” and with the “Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue” at the Vatican.
Currently we are preparing an exchange of lecturers of Vienna’s Catholic Theology Faculty and Islamic Theology Faculties in Ankara, Canakkale and Istanbul /Turkey in cooperation with the European Erasmus Program.
Another project we are currently working on is the compilation of a new science magazine, “Vindobona”. In cooperation with Turkish students, graduated from the University in Vienna, we are composing scientific articles in Turkish language to give an understanding of scientific topics being taught in Vienna to the academic public in Austria, Germany and Turkey. This contributes not only to scientific interchange, but also to international understanding and conciliation.