For the first time an event in Saudi Arabia had participants from Christian, Jewish, Hindu and Buddhist faiths along with Islamic leaders. The idea was to explore shared values and a common global vision for interfaith cooperation
The Muslim World League (MWL) made strong ground for interfaith cooperation through Forum on Common Values among Religious Followers, which concluded in Saudi Arabia recently.
For the first time an event in Saudi Arabia had participants from Christian, Jewish, Hindu and Buddhist faiths along with Islamic leaders. The idea was to explore shared values and a common global vision for interfaith cooperation, Saudi Gazette reported.
There were approximately 100 religious leaders at the event, including over 15 Rabbis.
The forum called for the launch of a global forum ‘Religious Diplomacy Forum for Building Bridges’ to have right impact of religions in human societies and work as a bridge to narrow down the gap between religions and cultures for the purpose of peacebuilding.
The Forum set a goal of establishing a set of values common to all major religions, and a vision for enhancing understanding, cooperation, and solidarity amongst the religions
The Forum made important recommendations like work on issuance of an international compilation titled ‘The Encyclopaedia of Common Human Values’ and made an appeal to the United Nations General Assembly to adopt an international day for ‘Common Human Values’ to celebrate the commonalities of religions and cultures around the world.
The Forum set a goal of establishing a set of values common to all major religions, and a vision for enhancing understanding, cooperation, and solidarity amongst the religions.
The Saudi Gazette quoted Mohammed Al-Issa, Secretary General of the host organization, the Muslim World League, as saying: “The aims of this conference aligns to the values of Muslim World League, which strives to build humanitarian partnerships for a more cooperative and peaceful world and more harmonious communities.”
“This conference tackles some of the major issues of our day. As the largest Islamic NGO, headquartered in the birthplace of Islam in Saudi Arabia, we have a special responsibility to do this work. Whether it is to tackle climate change, to support refugees and vulnerable communities around the world, or simply to spread messages of peace and co-existence, the kind of interfaith trust and cooperation this event is fostering is desperately needed to support those real-world goals,” he said.
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