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Peace Convoy to Central African Republic

  • Date: 23 November 2015 - 23 November 2015
  • Location : Central African Republic

Activities: 

- Meeting with various civil society leaders to discuss the delegation's activities and visits.
- Holding a series of meetings with the Ministers of National Reconciliation, Social Solidarity, and Health.
- Holding an open meeting with some Islamic and Christian religious leaders.
- Holding a group Iftar banquet and giving lectures before and after the Maghrib prayer at the old mosque in the capital, Bangui.
- Delivering the Friday khutbah at the old mosque in the capital, Bangui, in the presence of a delegation from the churches, which was broadcast by local media in the Sango language.
- Delivering the Friday khutbah at the Nour Al Islam Mosque.
- Honoring some imams and priests after the Friday khutbah.
- Meeting with Muslim women in the Central African Republic and learning about their most pressing problems and questions.
- Field trip to inspect PK5 neighborhood inhabited by Muslims to see the extent of the destruction that befell the homes and mosques of the neighborhood.
- Visiting patients in hospitals in the capital, Bangui, accompanied by Christian and Islamic leaders.
- Organizing a mixed football match for Christian and Muslim youth.
- Meeting a delegation of imams and Islamic preachers to discuss the most important problems that Muslims suffer from in Central African Republic, and ways to solve these problems.
- Visiting St. Timothy Lutheran Church.
- Delivering a lecture by the head of the delegation on peace in religions, inside St. Timothy Lutheran Church.
- Honoring the priests with the Council's peace slogans and delivering some publications and gifts.
- Meeting many Muslims at the Grand Mosque in the capital, Bangui, and giving a lecture on the importance of achieving social peace between the two sides.
- Visiting the camp for displaced Muslims in PK5 neighborhood.
- Visiting some Islamic schools and organizations.
- Visiting the camp for displaced Muslims in the capital, Bangui.
- Visiting the besieged city of Yaloké.

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