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Indigenous Cultural Convergence … Kh. Ahmadi Bighash and M. Ghamarzadeh / (85
find answers to the important express themselves freely in
questions in our minds. this neutral space; And
God says in the Holy Quran: communicate with each other.
“We have honoured the An approach of intransigence,
sons of Adam; provided exclusivism, exploitation, and
them with transport on repression of other cultures
land and sea; given promotes discord and hatred,
them for sustenance while an attitude of respect for
things good and pure; cultural diversity promotes
And conferred on them friendship between human
special favours, above a beings.
great part of our God says:
creation”. (Quran, 17: 70) “O mankind! We
The key to the success of created you from a
the convergence of cultures is single (pair) of a male
the acceptance of the equality and a female, and made
of the parties to the dialogue in you into nations and
human dignity. tribes, that ye may know
The premise of any each other (not that ye
intercultural dialogue is to may despise (each
recognize and respect the other). Verily the most
various forms of knowledge honoured of you in the
and how they are expressed, sight of Allah is (he who
the customs and traditions of is) the most righteous of
the parties to the dialogue, and you. And Allah has full
the effort to create a neutral knowledge and is well
cultural space for dialogue so acquainted (with all
that different communities can things)”. (Quran, 49: 13)
