Prizren, May 2014. HE Mr Anthony Bailey, Grand Magistral Delegate for Inter-Religious Relations of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St George attended and spoke at a three day International Interfaith Conference ‘Religion and Politics: Enhancing Interfaith Dialogue as a Means of Democratic Development’ organised in Prizren by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo in partnership with the Tony Blair Faith Foundation and the Community of St Egiddio.
The Grand Prior of the Constantinian Order, His Eminence Renato Raffele Cardinal Martino also addressed the audience in the section “What Real Difference Can Interfaith Dialogue Make?” where the other panellists were Dr Hamed A Aziz Al-Marwani, Member of the Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue Board of Directors, Dr William Vendley, Secretary General of Religions for Peace, Ambassador Rexhep Boja, Former Mufti of the Islamic Community of Kosovo and Kosovo Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Reverend Kristen Looney, Head of Education at Tony Blair Faith Foundation. The moderator was Mr Brian Pellot, Director of Global Strategy and Religious Freedom Editor at Religion News Service.
The high profile conference was sponsored by the British Council, the Royal Norwegian Embassy and the United States Embassy in Kosovo. The event took place between 23-25 May 2014 and was attended by over 190 leading faith, government, diplomatic and charitable organisations form across the world.
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