Statements
Religions for Peace Calls on World Leaders to Exercise Restraint and Labor for Peace
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Declaration of the 10th World Assembly of Religions for Peace
Declaration of the 10th World Assembly of Religions for Peace (23 August 2019 | Lindau, Germany) Preamble We – 900 women, men, and youth – have gathered in Lindau, Germany, coming from 125 countries for the 10th World Assembly of Religions for Peace. We are grateful...
Budapest Statement on The Role of Multi-religious Cooperation in Social Cohesion and Human Security
On 7-8th May, 2018 the European Council of Religious Leaders (ECRL) came together in the beautiful and historic city of Budapest to explore the important theme of ‘Multi-religious Collaboration on Community Cohesion and Human Security’. The choice of...
Arms Race Violates Religion, Culture of Peace, and Millennium Development Goals
Culture of Peace
Many of the principles and methods of the European Council of Religious Leaders are closely related to those implied by the concept of a culture of peace. The UN has declared 2001-2010 a decade for the promotion of a culture of peace. The UN decade has sometimes been...
Total ban on cluster munitions – a moral responsibility
Many of the principles and methods of the European Council of Religious Leaders are closely related to those implied by the concept of a culture of peace. The UN has declared 2001-2010 a decade for the promotion of a culture of peace. The UN decade has sometimes been...
Healing Memories and Facing the Future
Leaders of Europe’s major religions, representing all parts of our continent, together with representatives from non-governmental organisations and supported by members of the diplomatic community met in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on 29 and 30 October 2008 to...
Statement on Burma
European Council of Religious Leaders (ECRL) Council Meeting 2008: Statement on Healing Memories and Facing the Future (1) The European Council of Religious Leaders – Religions for Peace, meeting in Berlin for its annual council meeting 3 to 5 March 2008 addressed...
A Common Word
European Council of Religious Leaders (ECRL) Statement on Burma The Executive Committee of the European Council of Religious Leaders, meeting in Oslo, Norway on October 18th 2007, expresses our condemnation of the way the military government in Burma has responded to...
Religions for peace – challenging terrorism and extremism (Birmingham Statement)
In October 2007 a group of 138 prominent Muslim personalities; leaders and scholars, addressed an open letter to leaders of Churches and Christian organisations. This initiative has been seen as one of our time's most important ones to reach out across religious...
Statement on the Cartoon Crises
Statement from the European Council of Religious Leaders/Religions for Peace, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 12-14 February, 2007 The European Council of Religious Leaders – Religions for Peace gathered in Birmingham 12 to 14 February 2007 explored the issue of the...
Statement on the Present Situation in Kosovo (Leuven Statement)
Statement from the meeting of the Executive Committee of The European Council of Religious Leaders We strongly appeal to responsible leaders of all faiths to do their utmost to reject and to stop the ongoing acts of violence and terror, which are carried out in the...
Sarajevo Statement
European Council of Religious Leaders/Religions for Peace, Leuven, Belgium, 7-10 November, 2004 The growing dissatisfaction and frustration within both the Kosovo Albanian and Kosovo Serb communities have been clearly heard as the European Council of Religious...
Standing together for peace – The Inagurating meeting of the ECRL
In October 2007 a group of 138 prominent Muslim personalities; leaders and scholars, addressed an open letter to leaders of Churches and Christian organisations. This initiative has been seen as one of our time's most important ones to reach out across religious...