-- A specialized meeting on “Christianity in View of Non-Christians” was held yesterday, December 5, on the sidelines of the fifth Summit of the Parliament of the World's Religions in Melbourne, Australia.
Following lectures delivered at the beginning of the meeting by Prof. Lindsey, invited lecturer of Harvard University and Laura Sandra, lecturer of Melbourne Catholic University, Shoja’ipur, member of scientific board of the Research Center for Islamic Culture and Thought presented a paper on “Jesus and Christianity in Islam’s Point of View and Shia Hadiths.”
The paper included Quran verses and hadiths on re-emergence of Jesus, his character and his sayings. “Jesus and Christianity are highly respected in both the Quran and hadiths,” Shoja’ipur said.
He further noted that there are many sayings attributed to Jesus which have been narrated by Shia Imams collected in sources such as Bihar al-Anwar.
He also stressed that Christians like other religious minorities are respected and live peacefully in Islamic Republic of Iran.
The meeting was attended by Hojjat-ol-Islam Saghay Biriya, Iranian president’s advisor, Hojjat-ol-Islam Elmi, education deputy of Al-Mostafa University and representatives of Organizations of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, Research Center for Islamic Culture and Thought, University of Religions, Bagher-ul-Ulum University and University of Mashhad.
