The African Council for Religious Leaders – Religions for Peace (ACRL-RfP) is a coalition of various faith organizations, faith communities and religious leaders in the continent, working together through National Inter-religious Councils from 28 countries and four sub-regional platforms to advance peace, sustainable development and shared well-being. 

(source: https://www.acrl-rfp.org/about-us/who-we-are/)

The European Council of Religious Leaders (ECRL) brings together senior religious leaders from Europe’s historical religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam together with Buddhists, Hindus, Sikhs and Zoroastrians. ECRL has participatory status with the Council of Europe.

ECRL is one of five regional Interreligious Councils with the Religions for Peace network. Religions for Peace – accredited to the United Nations – is the world’s largest and most representative multi-religious coalition advancing common action for peace since 1970.

The Forum aims to stimulate thinking and exchange of opinions on supporting and fostering a culture of democracy,freedom of thought, human rights and peace and tranquility for all human beings. The forum provides a common platform for interactions, relationships, education and information exchange. In particular the forum has an interest in issues regarding pluralism, peace making , intercultural and interfaith dialogue, social justice and harmony .

The inter-religious International Meetings started in the mid-80’s, as an initiative of the Community of Sant’Egidio, with the aim of promoting mutual understanding and dialogue among religions, in a horizon of peace.
The Community of Sant’Egidio has continued living the spirit of the Assisi World Day of Prayer, proposed by John Paul II in 1986, by accepting the Pope’s final invitation of that historical meeting: “Let’s keep spreading the message of Peace and living the spirit of Assisi”. Since that moment, through a network of friendship between representatives of different faiths and cultures from more than 60 countries, the Community has promoted a pilgrimage of peace, that has had several stages in various European and Mediterranean cities year after year.

The Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions  is a unique interfaith forum, held every three years in Astana at the initiative of President Nursultan Nazarbayev. For 15 years, this forum has played an important role in the rapprochement of cultures and civilisations, in searching for answers to the key challenges of our time. “Religious Leaders for a Safe World” was the main topic of the Sixth Congress, convened on October 10-11 2018.

The event brought together the representatives of more than 82 countries, delegations from 46 states including well-known politicians, religious leaders of Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Taoism, Zoroastrism as well as the representatives of international, religious and public organizations, such as the UN Alliance of Civilizations, OSCE, UNESCO, and the League of Arab States.

The Crans Montana Forum works to build a more Humane and Impartial World “Committed to a more Humane and Impartial World” and encourages international cooperation and overall growth. It also works to promote best practices and to ensure a permanent dialogue between all those who handle high-level responsibilities. The various Forums organized worldwide (Brussels, Geneva, Rabat, Dakhla, Vienna, Crans-Montana, Bucharest, Baku, Zagreb, Roma, Sarajevo, Tirana, Athens, Malta, Bahrain etc…) represent exceptional opportunities for Businesses and Government Officials to implement their strategies, strengthen relationships with partners and create new ones, and build cooperation opportunities. The 2017 Forum on Africa and South-South cooperation will be held in Dakhla Morocco TOWARDS A NEW AFRICA
FOR THE 21st CENTURY
Stability, Cohesion and Solidarity for a sustainable Development
The structuring Role of Morocco in Africa

The Doha International Centre on Interfaith Dialogue (DICID) Annual International Conference on Interfaith Dialogue among religions, discusses important humanitarian issues addressed from the perspective of every religion, to reach common conclusions, and make them serve values of justice and peace. The theme of the 13th International Conference in 2018 was “Religion and Human Rights”. 

Due to the global public health considerations and the safety of participants DICID postponed the 14th Doha Interfaith Dialogue Conference which was planned to be held on 3-4 March 2020 and will announce a new date.

https://www.dicid.org/postponement-of-14th-doha-interfaith-dialogue-conference

The Focolare Movement is an international organization operating in 182 countries and which promotes the spirituality of unity.  The organisation was founded in 1943 by Chiara Lubich in Trent, northern Italy.  The word “Focolare” is Italian for “hearth” or “family fireside”. 

Focolares  last international convention was in 2016 titled “Unity: a gift, a commitment and a point of arrival” (http://www.focolare.org/en/news/2015/12/18/castel-gandolfo-congresso-internazionale-aderenti-dei-focolari-2/). 

At its annual meeting in 2019, Focolare set priorities for 2020 for a new commitment in the field of human rights and justice, the centenary of Chiara Lubich and the next General Assembly of the Focolare Movement.       

The Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies was launched in 2014 in response to the unprecedented violence and devastation spreading throughout the Muslim world. The impetus for the initiative was the more dire situation than crises of the past.  Conditions have rendered lands unstable and lead to distorted perceptions of Islam worldwide – particularly in the West, where prejudice and acts of violence against Muslims are increasing as a result of an escalation in Islamophobia.

The theme of the 2019 Assembly was “The Role of Religions in Promoting Tolerance: From Possibility to Necessity”.  Internationally renowned Islamic scholars, experts and leaders from other faiths, civic representatives and policymakers, examined, debated and discussed how to heal division, spread peace and promote tolerance, launching together the “Charter of the New Alliance of Virtue”.

The charter aims to elevate religious freedom, cooperation, and tolerance from mere possibilities to necessary ethical commitments and legal obligations, especially in relation to the protection of places of worship whose attacks have threatened freedom of religion in many parts of the world.

Website (AR): https://peacems.com/ar