جهود دولة قطر في مجال حوار الأديان ..مركز الدوحة الدولي لحوارالأديان نموذجا

The research analyzes the effort of State of Qatar in the field of interfaith dialogue, and it focuses on Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue as a case study. The research studied the conferences, which were organized by the center in which an international group of researchers participated. This effort is focused on the analysis of the papers of the participants in order to delineate the concept of dialogue in their paper clearly, then this will allow us to investigate the objective, implication and the line of progress and achievement of dialogue.The sample included two papers from each conference, one representing the Islamic side and the other the Christian one. In addition to this the inaugural speech and the speech of the chairman of the conference will be equally analyzed.The study utilized the method of content analysis as being suggested by Bernard Berlson. Furthermore, the research used “NVivo” program, to deal with all data in terms of organization and systemization. This allowed the researcher to identify the most frequent terms which are related to interfaith and contributed to the semantic field of the concept of dialogue.The study came to a number of conclusions, the most important among them is the progressive nature of the semantic field of the concept of dialogue. Throughout the conference where the semantic field of dialogue included more ways of developing the goals and a set of significant solution to the problem through dialogue. Most importantly, how the center can play a role in the process of building the culture of co-existence between different communities.The study concluded with a set of recommendations that are necessary for the realization of the objectives of the center. This includes the participation of scholars from scientific disciplines and the inaugural speeches should represent all ministries in the state.