To mark ‘World Parents’ Day", the Dialogue & Alliance CC held its monthly meeting on Sunday 2 June 2024 on the theme: “Honouring parents around the world”.
Mrs Soraya Ayouch led the main meeting at the Espace Barrault in Paris. People from nearly fifteen countries followed by videoconference.
Some of the participants at the Espace Barrault in Paris
The moderator, Ms Soraya AYOUCH
The first reading took a Judeo-Christian perspective and was taken from Exodus 20, verses 1 to 20 (the Decalogue), which were read and commented on by Rabbi Gabriel HAGAÏ, an Orthodox Jewish rabbi from the Sephardic tradition.
Presentation by Rabbi Gabriel HAGAÏ
The second speaker brought a Muslim perspective: verses 23 and 24 of the 17th Sura of the Koran (Night Journey) were read and commented on by Dr Tarik ABOU NOUR, Imam, Hâfiz, Khatîb, theologian and President of the IESIP - Institut d'Enseignement Supérieur Islamique de Paris.
Presentation by Dr Tarik ABOU NOUR
As a short cultural break, we then watched a video of a meditation by Father Paul Baudiquey on the famous painting by Rembrandt, ‘The Return of the Prodigal Son’, painted around 1667.
The third reading brought a Scientology perspective. It was a text by the founder of Scientology, L. RON HUBBARD, taken from his book ‘The Way to Happiness", which was commented on by Ms Sana PÉNICHON, Minister of Worship of the Church of Scientology and Celebrity Centre of Greater Paris.
Presentation by Mrs Sana PENICHON
The meeting concluded with a question-and-answer session, moderated by Dr Laurent LADOUCE, and some remarks by Mr Jean-François MOULINET, coordinator of the Dialogue & Alliance CC,
Conclusion by Mr Jean-François MOULINET
Some of the participants at the Espace Barrault in Paris
The recording of this programme is available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWfCTE9yIZQ .
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