Bishop of the Maronites in Beirut Boulos Matar, called to "transcend above all what harm people and sets them apart and to seek unity," pointing out that "such dialogue conferences is the basis, because the issue lies first in the ideas and minds before they reach the hands."

In an exclusive interview with TNA office in Beirut on the sidelines of the International Conference "Muslims and Christians in major shifts" Archbishop Matar wished that "the religions guides all of us to get out of difficult circumstances in which we live" pleading to God Almighty to "inspires us all to break the cycle of rage because the schools was not created for the conflicts, but to the ways of God. " 

The Bishop stressed on the need to respect the freedom of faith and belief, pointing out that "the unity of Muslims is a need, as also is the unity of Christians and of the human race striving for peace."

In turn, the president of the Research Centre of the board of the Islamic - Iranian Consultative Assembly, Sheikh Ahmed Mobalighi called for rapprochement between Muslims and Christians, pointing to the existence of an urgent need to find such a convergence on the basis of religious principles in common.

According to Sheikh Mobalighi, the mind is not only the reason for this unit, but the Koran and Sharia also, as well as the convergence between the Muslims themselves, in order to rapproach to the Christians.

For his part, the president of "Qawlona W al-Amal" Association, Sheikh Ahmad Qattan pointed to the existence of "a number of mercenaries who claim chiefdom" condemning "all of the calls for fighting between the humanitarian on trivial reasons" and said that jihad is "against the enemy who rapes the earth, honor and sanctities, stressing that "The Jihad against Muslims is a service of the enemy of the nation. " 

It is to note that the conference was opened Monday (January 16) and organized by the Cultural Chancellery of Iran in Lebanon and the Arab Group for Muslim and Christian dialogue in the Coral Beach Hotel (Beirut) and completed its work on Tuesday, which included four sessions.
 
Details were published on the site in a detailed report.