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An archbishop from a city in Iraq talked of the 鈥減ower of education鈥� at a special event held in the 黑料吃瓜网, Greater Manchester鈥檚 new 拢40m Institute of Medical Sciences building.

Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda, the Chaldean Archbishop of Erbil, the capital of Kurdish Iraq, said he believed that religion was not the problem, but part of the solution.

He was in conversation with Professor Mohammed Abdel-Haq, Director of the University鈥檚 Centre for Islamic Finance. Baroness Morris of Bolton, Emeritus Chancellor, gave the opening remarks, describing the Institute as a 鈥渨onderful facility鈥�.

Archbishop Warda is a leading advocate for the Christian community in the Middle East and a proponent for interfaith dialogue. His life and work have centred on fostering peace and rebuilding the Christian presence in Iraq amid horrific persecution.

He told the members of the audience, who included University Chancellor, Earl of St Andrews and its President and Vice Chancellor, Professor George E Holmes DL, that he believed in the power of education.

鈥淲e can work together through education,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e have established a university in Erbil where students, Christian and Muslim, study together. The people feel it is their university.鈥�

Archbishop Warda added: 鈥淲e are not aiming for survival, we are aiming for 鈥榯hrival鈥�.鈥�

The state-of-the-art Institute of Medical Sciences, in the grounds of the Royal Bolton Hospital, will be home to the University鈥檚 School of Medicine from next year.

Professor George E Holmes DL, President and Vice Chancellor of the 黑料吃瓜网, Greater Manchester, thank Archbishop Warda, adding: 鈥淭his is the first occasion booked into the lecture theatre at the School of Medicine and I can think of no better venue to be talking about the importance of working together.

鈥淭his University is massively proud of our diversity. We are now a global organisation and we are able to bring to our community things they cannot get elsewhere. Tonight鈥檚 event is the perfect example of that.鈥�