“Dini na Amani –

Religious Coexistence, Dialogue

and the Role of the Church”

Conference at the occasion of:

► Encounter Tour/Overseas Academy in Tanzania 2016 of

Cusanuswerk – in cooperation with missio Aachen e.V.

► Annual Seminar of KAAD Association of Scholars

from East Africa (KASEA)

August 24 – 28, 2016

Canossa Spirituality Centre,

Njiro Hill, Arusha, Tanzania

Cooperation partners:

Hekima Institute of Peace Studies and

International Relations (HIPSIR)

Arusha Archdiocesan

Integrated Development and

Relief Office

Overview Bus journey from Nairobi on Wednesday, 24th August starting at 8:00 AM

Wednesday,

24 August 2016

6.00 pm

Opening of Seminar Welcome Addresses by Officials of KASEA and Representatives of

Cusanuswerk and KAAD, Introduction of participants, Introduction of

Programme

Thursday,

25 August 2016

Morning Session

Holy Mass Group work: Interreligious Coexistence and Dialogue in the Societies of Origin

of the Participants: Presentation of Group Work

Presentation: “Religious Extremism and Violence in Tanzania: A Case Study of

Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar”

Speaker: Dr. Elias Opongo, SJ, Director if HIPSIR (Nairobi)

Thursday,

25 August 2016

Afternoon Session

Evening session

Presentations: Annica Baum, AGEH-Civil Peace Worker; Peace Advisor/Programme Manager,

Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa/ Coast Interfaith Council of Clerics:

“Inter-Faith Approaches Countering Violent Extremism at the Coast of Kenya”

Raphael Nabholz, AGEH-Civil Peace Worker (Bethlehem, Palestine):

"Interfaith Approaches to Peace Building from a Christian Perspective - Lessons

learned in the Middle Eastern Context"

Reports by KASEA Chapters , Planning for Future Events

Friday,

26 August 2016

Morning Session

Excursion and Encounter: The Olasiti Catholic Church Three Years after the Terrorist Attack with the Parish Priest and Parishioners (Parish Council) of Olasiti Parish

Presentation: Interreligious Dialogue in the Archdiocese of Arusha

Friday,

26 August 2016

Afternoon Session

Evening session

Presentation: Dr. Frederick Kisekka-Ntale, Kampala: “Interfaith coexistence in Uganda and

the Quest for Peace”

Plenary discussion (fishpool): “What is the Way Forward for Peaceful

Interreligious Coexistence in East Africa?” with different experts and

participation of the plenary.

Evaluation, Closing Ceremony, Holy Mass and Barbeque

Saturday

27 August 2016

Excursion to Tarangire National Park (whole day excursion with holy mass inside the park)

Sunday,

28 August 2016

Departure of Participants after Breakfast

Bus journey back to Nairobi on Sunday, 28th August starting at 6:30 AM

“Dini na Amani –

Religious Coexistence, Dialogue and the Role of the Church” Joint Seminar of Cusanuswerk and KASEA/KAAD

August 24 – 28, 2016, Canossa Spiritual Centre, Arusha/Tanzania

Wednesday, August 24

* Bus journey from Nairobi for Kenyan and Ugandan participants: departure 8:00 am from St. Paul’s

University Chapel, 10:00 from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport

* Tanzanian participants will arrive individually.

* German participants (Cusanuswerk) will already be in Arusha.

4.00 pm Arrival, Moving into the Rooms at Canossa Centre

6.00 pm Opening of Seminar, Welcome Addresses

Welcome Addresses by:

- Representative of seminar-venue: Canossa Centre

- The host chapter: Chairlady of KASEA-Tanzania

- The leaders of KASEA-Kenya and KASEA-Uganda

- Cusanuswerk: Dr. Martin Reilich and one of the participants

- Other representatives of institutions who will be present

7.00 pm Supper

8.00 pm Continuation of Opening: introduction of participants and of

programme

Group Work: “Interreligious Coexistence in our Societies”

Thursday, August 25

7.30 am Holy Mass

8.15 am Breakfast

9.00 am Plenary Session: Presentation of the findings of group work

Presentation: “Religious Extremism and Violence in Tanzania: A

Case Study of Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar”

(study conducted by HIPSIR/Nairobi and financed by

missio/Aachen, Germany)

Speaker: Dr. Elias Opongo, SJ, Director of HIPSIR (Nairobi)

12:30 pm Lunch

“Dini na Amani –

Religious Coexistence, Dialogue and the Role of the Church”

Joint Seminar of Cusanuswerk and KASEA/KAAD

August 24 – 28, 2016, Canossa Spiritual Centre, Arusha/Tanzania

Thursday, August 25

2.30 pm Plenary Session

Presentation: “Inter-Faith Approaches in Countering Violent

Extremism at the Coast of Kenya”

Speaker: Annica Baum, Peace Advisor/Programme Manager,

Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa/ Coast Interfaith Council of

Clerics

Presentation: “Interfaith Approaches to Peace Building from a

Christian Perspective - Lessons Learned in the Middle Eastern

Context"

Speaker: Raphael Nabholz, (Raphael Nabholz, MA; AGEH-Civil

Peace Worker, Bethlehem/Palestine)

6:00 pm Supper

7:30 pm Reports by KASEA chapters, Planning for future events

Friday, August 26

7.30 am Morning Prayer

8.00 am Breakfast

9.00 am Excursion and Encounter: The Olasiti Catholic Church Three Years

after the Terrorist Attack

Talk and discussion with the parish priest and parishioners (parish

council) of Olasiti Parish

Presentation: “Interreligious Dialogue in the Archdiocese of

Arusha”

Speaker: N.N., office of interreligious dialogue, Arusha

1.00 pm Lunch

“Dini na Amani –

Religious Coexistence, Dialogue and the Role of the Church” Joint Seminar of Cusanuswerk and KASEA/KAAD

August 24 – 28, 2016, Canossa Spiritual Centre, Arusha/Tanzania

Friday, August 26

2.00 pm Plenary Session, Presentation:

“Interfaith coexistence in Uganda and the quest for peace”

Speaker: Dr. Frederick Kisekka-Ntale, Makerere University,

Kampala

Expert Discussion (fishpool): “What is the Way Forward for

Peaceful Interreligious Coexistence in East Africa?”

with different experts and participation of the plenary:

- Fr. Benedict Shemfumbwa, Secretary for the Commission for

Interreligious Dialogue, Tanzania Episcopal Conference

- Fr. Paul Raia, in charge of interfaith dialogue, Archdiocese of

Arusha

- Dr. Elias Opongo, SJ; Director of HIPSIR, Nairobi

- Muslim representative from Arusha

- Dr. Frederick Kisekka-Ntale, Makerere University, Kampala

- Dr. Natujwa Mvungi, Lecturer at Law School Of Tanzania,

Ministry of Constitutional and Legal Affairs, Dar Es Salaam

6:00 pm Evaluation, Closing Ceremony, Holy Mass and Barbeque

Saturday, August 27

5.30 am Breakfast

6.00 am Excursion to Tarangire National Park

Whole day excursion, packed lunch

Holy Mass inside the national park

9:00 pm Supper

Sunday, August 28

6.00 am Breakfast

Afterwards: departure

* Departure of Cusanuswerk Participants: very early to Kilimanjaro Airport

* Departure of the Bus for participants from Kenya and Uganda: 6:30 am

* Departure of Tanzanian participants: individual times

Seminar in Lingen 27.- 30.06.2016

Terrorismus, religiöse Radikalisierung und die

Rolle der Kirche in Afrika Tagungsort: Ludwig-Windthorst-Haus, Katholisch-Soziale Akademie Gerhard-Kues-Str. 16, 49808 Lingen (Ems)

Tel. 0591 6102-0, Fax 0591 6102-135, E-Mail: info@lwh.de

Leitung und Moderation: Dr. Marko Kuhn, Referatsleiter Afrika, KAAD geistliche Begleitung: Pater Prof. Dr. Thomas Eggensperger, OP

Die Referenten

Dr. Marco Moerschbacher – Theologe und Religionswissenschaftler Promotion an der Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen (Frankfurt/Main) in Pastoraltheologie in Frankfurt mit einer Arbeit über die Rezeption des Zweiten Vatikanums in der Ortskirche von Kinshasa (Demokratische Republik Kongo). Er ist Afrikareferent am Missionswissenschaftlichen Institut Missio e.V. und Referent für “Kontextuelle Theologien“ bei Missio Aachen.

Dr. Franz Kogelmann– Ethnologe und Religionswissenschaftler. Studium der Ethnologie, Islamwissenschaft und der Geschichte Afrikas in München und Bayreuth und Kairo, Promotion mit einer Arbeit zu Islam und Staat in Marokko. Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter und Lehrbeauftragter an der Uni Bayreuth und am Deutschen Orient Institut Hamburg. Projektkoordination zweier Volkswagen Stiftungsprojekte zu „Shari’a Debates” in Nordnigeria und anderen afrikanischen Ländern. „Senior Fellow – Islamic Studies“ an der Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies(BIGSAS). Seit 2013 wiss. Koordinator am Institut für Afrikastudien (IAS) der Universität Bayreuth

PROGRAMM Montag, 27.06.

bis 15:00 Uhr Anreise 15:30 Kaffee/Tee und Kuchen 16:00 - 18:00 Einführung, Vorstellung der Teilnehmer/innen 18:15 Abendessen 19:30 – 21:30 Zusammenleben von Religionsgruppen: Perspektiven und Realitäten aus

den Herkunfts-ländern der Teilnehmer; Gruppenarbeit

Dienstag, 28.06.

07:45 – 08:15 Morgengebet 08:15 - 09:00 Frühstück 09:15 – 12:00 - Ergebnis-Präsentation der Gruppenarbeit

- „Zusammenleben von Christen und Muslimen in Afrika – Regionale Perspektiven und strukturelle Überlegungen“

Vortrag u. Diskussion, Dr. Franz Kogelmann, Universität Bayreuth 12:15

Mittagessen Danach: Gottesdienstvorbereitung mit P. Thomas Eggensperger

14:30 - 17:30 - „Zum Zusammenhang von Religion, Extremismus und Gewalt – eine Fallstudie aus Tanzania“ – Vortrag u. Diskussion, Dr. Marco Moerschbacher – Missionswissenschaftliches Institut Missio e.V., Aachen

18:15 Abendessen 19:30 Gemeinsamer Abend im „Heuerhaus“

Mittwoch, 29.06.

08:00 – 09:00 Frühstück 09:15 – 12:00 - From the viewpoint of KAAD-scholars and their home countries

„Perspectives on Religious Coexistence, Radicalization and the Role of the Church”

* Ghana (with particular emphasis on Northern Ghana) * Kenya (with particular emphasis on the Al Shabaab militants) * Ethiopia (with particular emphasis on the orthodox/muslim relations) * Cameroon (with particular emphasis on anti-terrorism laws) * Central African Republic (with particular emphasis on the peace initiative of Pope Francis)

12:00 Mittagessen 13:30 - 18:30 Exkursion: Das Emsland und die Ems 19:00 Abendessen 19:30 Gottesdienst und Abschlussabend

Donnerstag, 30.06.

08:00 – 08:45 Frühstück 09:30 – 12:00 Teilnehmervorträge und Abschlussevaluierung 12:15 Mittagessen und Abreise