Promoting Peaceful Coexistence and Common Citizenship

[ 32 ] — INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE FOR PEACE — upholding this doctrine in both letter and spirit. Sixth: we have learned from our bitter and painful experiences.We—Muslims, Christians, and all other denom- inations fromall of the Churches—are united as one. Because we have built our civilization together, we are able to build our future together too, and the better future to which we all aspire is based simply on our unity and on the interlocking of our arms. Seventh: the building of this desired future begins with the reconstruction of the present. The foundations of the present need to be based on the adoption of the principles of common citizenship, which means equal rights and duties, and respect for freedoms, primarily religious freedoms. Eighth: we acknowledge with sorrow and pain the crimi- nal acts of terrorism that have shattered mutual trust in our societies, although only temporarily. While we acknowl- edge that terrorists have planted fear into the foundations of our society, we are working together to remove the wedges between us and to dispel those fears, and we are succeeding, to the praise of Allah and his favour. Moreover, we are unit- ing under the shared belief that terrorism victimises all of us, and that all religions are innocent of its crimes. Therefore, we must join together to eliminate it and establish a society of love and peace. Ninth: our Lebanese experience of living together, although not yet completely and ideally achieved, still