Students and professors of theology from Tehran, Al-Zahra and Islamic Azad Universities held a series of question-and-answer sessions in Tehran recently.
Students of the above-mentioned universities also visited the Yousefabad synagogue and became familiar with Jewish history, traditions, and ceremonies. They held conversations with Jews in the synagogue, such as Younes Hamami Lalehzar and Arash Abaie, and received information on how Iranian Jews live and practice their religion as well as the Jewish religion's contributions to Iranian social life.
The students also raised the ambiguous points of Jewish thought and belief with officials of the Cultural Committee.
Furthermore, a one-day seminar was held on May 21 in Mashhad's Ferdowsi University entitled "Dialogue of Religions.”
In that seminar, Dr. Kourosh Niknam (from Zoroastrians) and Arash Abaie (from Jews) talked briefly about the history and fundamentals beliefs of the two religions. Students' questions were also answered during the seminar. Ambiguities in the beliefs of the two religions were discussed at length. Similarities in the beliefs of the two religions were also taken up with a theology professor from Ferdowsi University as the moderator.
