CATHOLICOS ARAM I RECEIVES REPRESENTATIVES OF SHEIKH KABALAN

Noyan Tapan

Au g 19, 2008

ANTELIAS, AUGUST 19, ARMENIANS TODAY – NOYAN TAPAN. Catholicos of
Cilicia Aram I on August 18 received three representatives of Lebanon’s
top Shiite Muslim cleric Sheikh Kabalan: his son, the Chairman of
the Imam Musa Sadr Organization and the Mufti of Baalbek’s Shiite
community at Bikfaya’s Surb Astvatsatsin Monastery. The head of
Lebanon’s Armenian diocese Bishop Gegham Khacherian, Bishop Norayr
Ashghian and member of the Islamic-Christian National Dialog Committee
Jean Salmanian were also present at the meeting.

An event in memory of Imam Musa Sadr will be held in Lebanon soon. In
this connection two representatives of Shiekh Kabalan handed a personal
invitation to His Holiness to take part in and make a speech at this
memorial event.

A discussion on Christian-Islamic dialog took place between the sides,
with the meeting turning into a dialog on mutual respect and trust
between the two religions.

Catholicos Aram I and the representatives of Sheikh Kabalan underlined
the importance of this dialog and the work done so far in the name
of co-existence and co-operation of the Lebanese communities.