Organised by Hommes de Parole Foundation in partnership with the International Association of Human Values, the Fourth World Congress of Imams and Rabbis for Peace will be held in Bangalore (India), during spring 2012, at the invitation of His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, a leader of non-violence in India.
The Third Congress took decisions on the promotion of a peace culture in Israel and Palestine and on the inclusion of women and young people in future meetings.
The Fourth World Congress of Imams and Rabbis for Peace will implement these commitments. This congress will bring together representatives of the great spiritual traditions, and leave ample space for women and young people.
By RENWICK McLEAN Published: March 26, 2006
SEVILLE, Spain, March 23 -- Scores of rabbis and imams gathered here this week to discuss what they called a deepening crisis in relations between Muslims and Jews, saying religious leaders must confront religious extremism and the failure to make meaningful progress on the conflict in the Middle East The meeting did not produce any sweeping agreements, but it was nonetheless heralded by many participants as a breakthrough, bringing together religious leaders who have the potential to bridge the divisions between Muslims and Jews, but who rarely interact.
AFP | 19.03.06 Plus de 150 imams et rabbins, venus notamment d`Europe, du Proche-Orient et d`Amérique du Nord, se sont retrouvés en mars 2006 à Séville (Espagne) pour travailler ensemble pour la paix et contre l`extrémisme "Ces dernières semaines, la situation internationale nous a encore prouvé, de manière inquiétante, combien notre rencontre était nécessaire", a déclaré à l`ouverture de ce deuxième congrès mondial des imams et rabbins pour la paix, Alain Michel, président de la fondation Hommes de Parole, qui a organisé cette réunion.
SEVILLE - In a stunningly positive denouement after days of unremitting hostility by Palestinian participants, the 2nd World Congress of Imams and Rabbis for Peace being held here issued a concluding statement deploring "any incitement against a faith or people, let alone a call for their elimination," a statement Jewish and Israeli representatives took to be a rebuke of Hamas calls for the elimination of Israel.