President of Turkey receives participants of 8th Eurasian Muslim Council
Baku, November 21 (AZERTAC). President of Turkey Abdullah Gül has received a delegation of the Eurasian Islamic Council at the Çankaya Presidential Palace.
Chairman of the Azerbaijan State Committee for Work with Religious Associations Elshad Iskandarov also attended the meeting.
The President praised the role of clergies in protection of the peace and stability in the Eurasian region.
The Religious Affairs Director, Prof. Mehmet Görmez, who was accompanied by a delegation of the Eurasian Islamic Council, exchanged views with his guests, who are visiting Turkey on the occasion of the 8th Eurasian Islamic Council, about the issues concerning the Muslim peoples and the Islamic world.
Pointing to the importance of the 8th Eurasian Islamic Council that will enable the participants and relevant officials to discuss in detail the problems concerning the Islamic world and Muslim peoples, President Gül underscored the great responsibility upon the shoulders of the religious functionary in passing down such values of Islam as tolerance, respect for diversities and dialogue.
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