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Article: British Minister attends Interfaith Dialogue.
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- July 25, 2005
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M2 PRESSWIRE-25 July 2005-UK Government: British Minister attends Interfaith Dialogue(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister, Kim Howells MP and the Indonesian Foreign Minister, Hassan Wirayuda co-chaired an Interfaith Dialogue with the 38 Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) countries on 21 July in Bali.
Dr Howells delivered a keynote speech highlighting the shared responsibility to encourage interfaith dialogue to counter rising extremism. He said:
"The time has come again for us to stand up and defend our multi-religious, multi-cultural societies in the face of those who would impose a ...