Peace Convoy to France (2)
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Date: 23 October 2016 - 31 October 2016
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Location
: France
Activities:
- Holding a seminar on renewing religious discourse and its role in combating extremism at the headquarters of the French National Assembly.
- Holding a seminar on religious reform and its mechanisms at the Catholic University of Paris.
- Holding a roundtable meeting at the Bishops' Conference of France.
- Heading to the headquarters of the church that witnessed the murder of Father Jacques Hamel by an extremist, to offer condolences and confirm that Islam forbids such criminal acts.
- Visiting Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen where the convoy were received by the Archbishop of Rouen who personally toured with them inside the corridors of the cathedral.
- Press interview with Vatican Radio.
- Giving a lecture on "Correcting Some Misconceptions" at the Al-Rahma Mosque in the center of the city of Nantes.
- Delivering the Friday sermon at Al-Rahma Mosque - one of the largest mosques in the city of Nantes. A large number of Muslims from the Islamic communities in the city attended the sermon.
- Delivering the khutbah at the Grand Mosque of Lyon and holding a series of activities and events.
- Participation of the convoy members in two roundtables held at the Grand Mosque of Lyon, attended by a large group of thinkers, researchers, parents, and those concerned with Muslim affairs in the city of Lyon.
- Holding a symposium after al-Asr prayer at Ali bin Abi Talib mosque, which is the first mosque built in Lyon in the early eighties of the 20th century.