ABU DHABI, 13th January, 2022 (WAM) The independent judging panel of the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity, which honours individuals and/or entities advancing peaceful coexistence in the world, will decide this week the honoree) of the award’s third edition.
The judging panel consists of celebrated public figures from around the world, including former heads of state, a Nobel Peace Laureate, and experts in peacebuilding and intercultural dialogue.
Due to the global spread of coronavirus, this year’s panel’s deliberations are taking place virtually.
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DUBAI: Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, delivered a message of hope and tolerance during a recent meeting at the Vatican with the judging committee of the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity 2022. “We have to maintain and sustain” the path of human fraternity, he told the committee at its Oct. 6 gathering, which took place less than two months before nominations
Mother of terrorism victim works to ‘turn the page’ on violent extremism February 25, 2021
Latifa Ibn Ziaten received the Zayed Prize for Human Fraternity 2021. Courtesy photo
RABAT A Moroccan-French woman whose son was killed in a terrorist attack nearly a decade ago, has been commended for her powerful activism countering youth radicalization, and her efforts to replace the desolation of loss with a prayer of love .
Latifa Ibn Ziaten is co-recipient of the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity, an honor she received earlier this month alongside the UN secretary-general.
Her son, Imad, a 30-year-old paratrooper in the French Army, was among seven people murdered by Mohammed Merah, a self-proclaimed militant, during a nine-day killing spree in southern France in March 2012.
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The world must begin to realize its shared humanity in order to live peacefully, otherwise it risks falling apart in endless conflicts, Pope Francis said.
“Today, there is no time for indifference,” the pope said Feb. 4 at a virtual event commemorating the first International Day of Human Fraternity.
“We cannot wash our hands of it, with distance, with disregard, with contempt. Either we are brothers and sisters or everything falls apart. It is the frontier, the frontier on which we have to build; it is the challenge of our century, it is the challenge of our time,” he said.
A screen capture shows Pope Francis attending a Feb. 4, 2021, virtual meeting marking the International Day of Human Fraternity, a new effort to promote dialogue between cultures and religions. The pope was among several world and religious leaders who participated in the meeting. (CNS photo) Feb. 4, 2021 Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY The world must begin to realize its shared humanity in order to live peacefully, otherwise it risks falling apart in endless conflicts, Pope Francis said. Today, there is no time for indifference, the pope said Feb. 4 at a virtual event commemorating the first International Day of Human Fraternity. We cannot wash our hands of it, with distance, with disregard, with contempt. Either we are brothers and sisters or everything falls apart. It is the frontier, the frontier on which we have to build; it is the challenge of our century, it is the challenge of our time, he said.