{"id":286188,"date":"2020-12-17T12:06:40","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T15:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=286188"},"modified":"2021-01-06T15:27:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T18:27:42","slug":"bahrain-launches-initiative-for-peace-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/bahrain-launches-initiative-for-peace-in-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Bahrain launches initiative for peace in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 On Wednesday (16) night in Bras\u00edlia, the Declaration of the Kingdom of Bahrain, a document formed by king Hamad bin Isa Ali Khalifa reinforcing the principles of peace, freedom and faith, was launched in the presence of Brazil\u2019s president Jair Bolsonaro and a member of the royal family, Khalid bin Khalifa Alkhalifa. The president took the opportunity to announce the preparations for the opening of a Brazilian embassy in Manama, Bahrain.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_286173\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-286173\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-286173\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bahrein-evento-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bahrein-evento-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bahrein-evento-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bahrein-evento-1.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-286173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The event brought together authorities in Bras\u00edlia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to a press release made public by Bahrain\u2019s embassy in Brazil, the declaration aims to promote peace between nations and a healthy coexistence between people of different religions and beliefs. &#8220;Ignorance is the enemy of peace. Therefore, it is our duty to learn to share and live together by the principles of faith, in a spirit of love and mutual respect,\u201d the king was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n<p>The document is based on these five principles: faith and religious expression, freedom of choice, determination of God\u2019s will, religious rights and duties, and the expression of faith. The text was formed in 2017 by Bahrain\u2019s king. According to the press release, the Arab country places respect for faith and other religions as an inalienable right of human beings and rejects the imposition of religious observance.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_286176\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-286176\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-286176\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bahrein-evento-2-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bahrein-evento-2-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bahrein-evento-2-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bahrein-evento-2.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-286176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Representatives of Brazil and Bahrain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The declaration rejects terrorism, the preaching of hatred and violence by extremist clerics, the encouragement of radicalization, suicide bombings, violence, and the abuse of women and children. &#8220;Each and every individual has the freedom to practice their religion, as long as it does not harm others, respects the laws of the country and accepts spiritual and material responsibility for choices,\u201d the document states.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/bahrain-picks-brazil-as-its-gateway-into-latin-america\/\">Bahrain picks Brazil as its gateway into Latin America<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The document stresses that everyone has an active role in creating an inclusive environment, which promotes mutual respect and cooperation. It argues that faith is a foundation for peace in the world. The member of Bahrain\u2019s royal family that launched the text in Bras\u00edlia is president of a delegation for peace in Bahrain, the King Hamad Global Centre for Peaceful Coexistence.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_286179\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-286179\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-286179\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bahrein-rubens-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bahrein-rubens-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bahrein-rubens-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bahrein-rubens-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bahrein-rubens.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-286179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rubens Hannun participated in the reception<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The launching event took place at the Hotel Royal Tulip and brought together authorities, including Brazilian Foreign Affairs minister Ernesto Ara\u00fajo; the chairman of the Foreign Relations and National Defense Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, Eduardo Bolsonaro; Tourism minister Gilson Machado; <strong>Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong> (ABCC) president Rubens Hannun; ABCC secretary-general Tamer Mansour; and the charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires of the Bahrain embassy in Bras\u00edlia, , Bader Alhelaibi; among others.<\/p>\n<p>Hannun told ANBA that Bahrain\u2019s initiative is very adequate and shows an action towards tolerance. The choice of Brazil to launch the declaration in Latin America is symbolic, too, the ABCC\u2019s president says. \u201cHosting the launch here as a representation of all Latin American countries means giving Brazil its leadership role in the region,\u201d said Hannun.<\/p>\n<p>During the event, the event, the colors of Bahrain\u2019s flag were projected over the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, which was broadcast live in a screen at the event in Bras\u00edlia. During his visit, Alkhalifa will participate in an event at the Antiochian Orthodox Church of S\u00e3o Jorge and in the Metropolitan Cathedral Nossa Senhora Aparecida.<\/p>\n<p>When Brazil opens an embassy in Manama, as president Jair Bolsonaro announced, Brazil will have a diplomatic base in all six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Now, Brazil has embassies in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Oman. The embassy in the city of Kuwait is currently responsible for Bahrain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-286170\">Press release<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-286173\">Press release<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-286176\">Press release<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-286179\">Press release<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Declaration of the Kingdom of Bahrain, a document formed by the king based on the principles of peace, freedom and faith, was launched in Latin America on Wednesday (16) in Bras\u00edlia in the presence of Bolsonaro and a member of the royal family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1455,"featured_media":286170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[3971,27133,18494,18496,18495],"class_list":{"0":"post-286188","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-bahrain","9":"tag-bahrein-en-2","10":"tag-declaration-of-bahrain","11":"tag-khalid-bin-khalifa-alkhalifa-en","12":"tag-kingdom-of-bahrain"},"wps_subtitle":"Declaration of the Kingdom of Bahrain, a document formed by the king based on the principles of peace, freedom and faith, was launched in Latin America on Wednesday (16) in Bras\u00edlia in the presence of Bolsonaro and a member of the royal family.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1455"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}