September 11 2023 09:30 | Französische Friedrichstadtkirche

Forum 3 - Democracies on the edge: challenges and perspectives in the contemporary world

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Chairperson

Jean-Dominique Durand

Historian, President of the Judeo-Christian Friendship in France

• Durand "La democrazia non è più un modello scontato ma ha sostenitori tra coloro che mettono l’essere umano al centro, che aprono instancabilmente in favore dell’incontro, della pace e della riconciliazione"

Contributions

Mohamed Alì Bahr Al-Uloom

Director of the Bahr al-Uloom Institute of Political Sciences, Iraq

• "La prima sfida per la giovane democrazia dell'Iraq è combinare fondamenti religiosi con principi democratici e la protezione dei diritti e le libertà pubbliche" dice Mohamed Alì Bahr Al-Uloom

Ram Madhav

President, India Foundation and Former National Secretary-General, BJP

• Ram Madhav explains 'Dharmocracy' - India's version of democracy - and the need for a democratic culture

Reinhard Marx

Cardinal, Archbishop of Munich and Freising

Alberto Melloni

John XXIII Foundation for Religious Sciences, Italy

José Manuel Rodrigues

President of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Portugal

• For José Manuel Rodrigues, "the only war that must mobilize us as first soldiers to the front line is the war against poverty and injustice and for Freedom and Democracy" and education for an active citizenship is necessary

Annette Schavan

Former Federal Minister of Education and Research, Germany

• Annette Schavan sottolinea che la democrazia non si autoalimenta ma ha bisogno di democratici, soprattutto giovani