A necessary dialogue between cultures: the case of the Abou Bakr Alsiddiq mosque in Bogotá and its surroundings. An educommunicative proposal

Un diálogo necesario entre culturas: el caso de la mezquita Abou Bakr Alsiddiq de Bogotá y sus alrededores. Una propuesta educomunicativa

The investigation Relations between the Muslim community of the Abou Bakr Alsiddiq mosque of Bogotá with the non-muslim population of its surroundings showed as a main finding that these social groups, although they respect each other, have not developed active citizenship links of interculturality, especially on account of the post-11-S situation fostering an unfavorable image of Islam. In addition, the initiative had two products: a radio documentary and an educommunicative proposal whose purpose is to develop a critical intercultural encounter between the community that congregates in the building and its non Muslim neighbors, both in media and non-mediatic terms. This document presents this proposal, preceded by the conceptual elements of the research (citizenship, religious belief and territory), together with its results and enriched with elements collected by the author during his teaching at the Minuto de Dios University Corporation (UNIMINUTO), especially in the class Citizenship, Communication and Coexistence.