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               governmental      spheres     and     Fig. 2: Religious leaders promoting
               international  organizations.  In         dialogue for peace in Brazil
               addition,       the      OXDIH
               continuously     monitors     the
               media  to  ensure  knowledge  of
               Shi'a      rights     violations”
               (adapted).    (See    more     in:
               http://www.centroimamhussein.com/oxdih)
                  The creation of these virtual
               communication           channels
               allowed several groups hounded
               other religions take contact and
               count  your  struggle  to  spread
               and perpetuate your culture.           Source: https://www.facebook.com/ObservatorioXiita/

                  The  OXDIH  has  become  a
               channel  of  communication  to           The  Imam  Hussein  Cultural
               report  various  types  of  human     Center based in Rio de Janeiro
               rights  violations,  not  only  of    in  2015  has  entered  into  a
               Muslims.                              partnership with the University
                  Jews,        candomblecistas,      Al  Mustafa  and  created  the
               Umbandistas,  Protestants  joined     Iran-Brazil Research Group.
               the  Shi'a  as  support  to  defend      It  constitutes  a  permanent
               their  most  basic  rights,  the      forum of research between the
               equitable  principle  of  respect     two     countries    in    which
               and  coexistence  in  a  plural  and   Brazilian and Iranian reserchers
               multicultural country.                produce  intellectual  material,
                                                     events and promote Islamic and
                                                     scientific  knowledge  in  the

                                                     Federal  University  of  Rio  de
                                                     Janeiro (UFRJ).
                                                        The  Group  has  a  virtual
                                                     academic journal called Litteris
                                                     and  there  communicate  and
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