Sayed Ammar Al-Hakeem on Pluralism and the Future of Iraq

On Thursday, May 6, 2021, His Eminence Sayyid Ammar Al-Hakim was hosted via Zoom by Harvard University, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Project on Shi’ism and Global Affairs, to discuss Shi’ism, Pluralism and the Future of Iraq. Below were the main issues discussed during the conversation:

 – At our Project on Shi’ism and Global Affairs, we have stressed the importance of approaching religion from a broad diverse framework and thinking about pluralism and diversity within Islam, meaning developing an inclusive approach to communities such as Shias and Sunnis, as well as internal diversity that exists within these groups as well. We were delighted to receive your statement on the importance of intra-Shi’a dialogue as part of our Symposium on Diversity and Unity in Transnational Shi’ism, which we recently published. How can we approach both intra-Shi’a dialogue and inter-faith dialogue between Sunnis and Shias?

In fact, when we intend to address Shia-Shia Dialogue and Shia-Sunni Dialogue or any human Dialogue, we must focus first on an important question which is the concept of dialogue itself as well as its importance.