Media Release
2 September 2022
Australian Imam, Alaa El Zokm, joined global interfaith leaders in Jakarta on Friday 26 August as part of the 5th Abrahamic Circles Interfaith Program.
Joined by Deputy Ambassador Steve Scott and founder of the 1000 Abrahamic Circles Project, Dr Dino Patti Djalal, Imam Alaa visited Pesantren Peradaban Dunia Jagat Arsy in South Tangerang, Banten to meet with Pesantren founder Abah Jagat and students to discuss the role of religion in protecting the environment.
“It was a pleasure to visit the Jagat Arsy Pesantren, to meet its founder Abah Jagat and the teaching staff,” said Deputy Ambassador Steve Scott.
“To see so many students engaged in a lively discussion with religious leaders from the Abrahamic Circles project, including Imam Alaa from Australia was very rewarding.”
Australian Imam Alaa El Zokm, Imam at the Elsedeaq Islamic Centre in Heidelberg Heights in Melbourne said “I am so proud to be part of the 1000 Abrahamic Circles and to participate in making peace in the world.”
“I have had a great experience with the communities of the fellow faith leaders, educating and sharing the great values that we all have in common.”
“I am grateful to the FPCI and the Australian Embassy in Jakarta for their great support during our visit to Indonesia," he said.
The 1000 Abrahamic Circles Project is an interfaith program that brings together leaders from the three Abrahamic faiths (Christianity, Islam and Judaism) to live with one another, learn from one another and attend worship with their peers. Australia proudly funded the fifth edition of this innovative project which focused on ecotheological justice.
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