The photo of Pope Francis embracing a Muslim imam who travels the world

Pope Francis' visit to the United Arab Emirates is closely followed as he is the first pontiff to visit the Arabian Peninsula, the cradle of Islam. This Monday, on his first official day in Abu Dhabi, the pope He led an interreligious international meeting with hundreds of participants.

However, one of the most important gestures in the world has been the kiss that was given to the Imam Sheikh Ahmed al Tayeb, having signed a document on the fight against terrorism, in the context of this interreligious meeting.

The international press quickly found that this kiss on the cheek was "historic" because it represents a gesture of proximity between the two religions.

"We firmly declare that religions must never incite war, hateful attitudes, hostility and extremism, or violence or bloodshed. These tragic realities are the consequence of a deviation from religious teachings "said the statement.

"The good relations between the East and the West are undeniably necessary, they must not be neglected so that each one can enrich the culture of the other thanks to exchanges and exchanges. a fruitful dialogue, "he adds.

Pope Francis launched this Monday in Abu DhabI call for freedom of religion and the end of conflict, as well as avoid using religions to justify violence.

"Among the freedoms, I would like to emphasize freedom of religion, which is not limited to freedom of worship," said the pontiff.

Francisco, the first pope to visit the Arabian Peninsula, also asked to grant "the same right to citizenship" to people of different religions.

"I hope that not only here, but throughout the Middle East's expensive and nerve-racking region, there are concrete opportunities to meet: a society where people of different religions have the same right to citizenship." , did he declare.

Francisco arrived Sunday night in the UAE capital, hours after he launched a surprising Vatican call to urgently respond to the limited ceasefire in Yemen and ask for food and medicine to reach his destination. people, suffers from the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.