Violence in the name of religion has become one of the greatest challenges facing humanity. This session will explore how interfaith efforts to confront this challenge are a critical component of the overall effort to counter violent extremism, prevent mass atrocities and genocide, rebuild communities and societies post-conflict, build positive relationships between people of different beliefs and create the conditions that are essential for sustainable peace.
Religion itself is not a cause of the problem, because the basic teaching of all religion is compassion, love, forgiveness.
- Mussie Hailu
Moderator:
Secretary-General of Religions for Peace
Senior Advisor at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Chair of the UN Interagency Task Force on Religion
Video Case Presentation
Introduced by:
URI-West Africa Regional Coordinator
Panelists:
Co-Founder of Youth for Peace, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a URI Cooperation Circle
URI Director of Global Partnerships and URI-Africa Regional Director
URI Representative at the UN and the African Union and Former Ambassador
Regional Coordinator for URI Middle East and North Africa
President and CEO of the International Center for Religion & Diplomacy (ICRD)
Director of Pakigdait Inc., a URI Cooperation Circle
URI-Philippines Country Coordinator
Director of Public Policy and Community Building of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of San Francisco
Founder and CEO of the Euphrates Institute, a URI Cooperation Circle