More than 30 Christian, Jewish and Muslim researchers from universities in 18 countries will discuss interreligious dialogue at the University of Navarra. They will meet at the framework of an international congress organized by the project 'Religion and Civil Society'of the Institute for Culture and Society (ICS).

The event, graduate 'Abrahamic Religions and Interfaith Relations in the Past and Present', will take place on March 10-11. The participants, specialists in fields such as social sciences, history, Philosophy and Humanities, will present research that can shed light on how to achieve greater understanding between the Abrahamic religions: Christianity, Islam and Judaism.

Among other topics, issues related to how to combat terrorism from the Muslim perspective, religious pluralism in the European Union, the analysis of models of interreligious understanding, the place of Islam in Europe, the interculturalEducation , the relationship between science and religion, the role of tourism in interreligious relations, the interaction between religious traditions in different regional contexts , etc. will be addressed.

Keynote speakers include Monawar Hussain, Muslim Imam and advisor at the Hospitals NHS Trust of Oxford University (UK); Carlos Eire, Professor of Religious History and programs of study at Yale University (USA); James Conroy, Professor of Religious and Philosophical Studies at the University of Glasgow (UK) and Professor of Religious and Philosophical Studies at .); James Conroy, Vice President of internationalization at the University of Glasgow (UK) and Professor of Education Religion and Philosophy; and Tania ap Siôn, Deputy Director of research center St. Mary's in Wales and Research Fellow at the research Religion Unit and Education at the University of Warwick (UK).

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