Promoting Peaceful Coexistence and Common Citizenship

[ 24 ] — INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE FOR PEACE — our Holiness, Your Eminences, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen — I am very proud to say that KAICIID has been in the front line of promoting interreligious dialogue from the beginning. Since its foundation in 2012, the Centre has been advocating the importance of interreligious dialogue with its potential to enhance understanding, and to promote coexistence, justice, and peace. We see the considerable power of functioning dialogue platforms, which leaders from different religious traditions can use to advance values of common citizenship. The Centre has solidified its role as a dialogue facilitator through working with local partners to build inclusive and sustainable platforms for interreligious dialogue, bringing together religious leaders and institutions with international, governmental and civil society partners. We proudly support three interreligious dialogue platforms successfully operat- ing in the Central African Republic, Myanmar and Nigeria. Throughout this conference, you will hear from our part- ners. I am sure that they will be able to give you a better idea about our work together in their communities. Their stories of success are the reason that we do what we do. We are gathered here to launch our fourth interreli- gious dialogue platform to facilitate cooperation among followers of different religions in the Arab world, putting religious leaders at the forefront. What makes the Interre- ligious Platform for Dialogue and Cooperation in the Arab World unique is that it is the first initiative of its kind. The Mr. Fahad Abualnasr Y