Provide a forum for different religions to dialogue with one another on matters of religious, national and civic importance; support a wider interfaith dialogue with other religion and belief groups; support educational activities in connection with interfaith dialogue; encourage civic engagement by religious communities in Scotland and to support religious equality.
Nurture and network a critical mass of interfaith leaders, focusing on college students, and build an alumni base committed to a lifetime of interfaith leadership; build capacity for sustainable interfaith cooperation on college campuses nationwide and advance the field of interfaith studies; change the narrative from the inevitability of religious conflict to the possibility of interfaith cooperation by elevating the voices of interfaith leaders.
Provide information on a comprehensive range of issues relating to religion, faith, and spiritual matters; cover areas such as major world religions, new religions, and spiritual development; deliver information for UK readers, but also aim to cover key events across the world as relevant.
Work for freedom of religion and belief because it is a precious human right that potentially enables the best within our religious lives, or our search for truth or enlightenment, to flourish.
Develop alternative methods of preventing and resolving interethnic and interreligious conflicts in countries around the world.
To Bridge Religious Considerations with the Practice of International Politics in Support of Peacebuilding
Work for the advancement of equality, social justice and respect for human rights in Canada and around the world through transformative human rights education programs; equip local human rights defenders and educators to build more inclusive communities and to contribute to social and economic development goals through democratic participation.
Create Mutual Understanding between Muslims, Christians and Jews; Understand and assist the problems of ground religious leaders; Engage religious teachers of Schools and Madrassas for disseminating information of peace and religious cooperation; Bring together Governments and Religious Leaders; Engage week long workshops where grass root leaders of different religions from the same country can participate and stay with each other in order to strengthen their working relation on the ground; Take out research papers on the ground situations of countries in pretext of religious activities; Organize same religious events, where religious leaders of same faith from different parts of the world can meet and cooperate in the future; Organize networking dinners in different regions for different religions to interact with each other.
Take a consistent stance against war and its preparation; formulate a vision of the human community based upon the belief that love in action has the power to transform unjust political, social, and economic structures; overcome the division of nation-states which are often the source of conflict and violence; resolve conflicts through nonviolent means; dismantle systems that foster fear and hatred; seek justice as a basis for peace; co-ordinate communication among IFOR members; link branches to capacity-building resources; help co-ordinate international campaigns, delegations and urgent actions; regularly participate in conferences and meetings of UN bodies through representatives, providing testimony and expertise from different regional perspectives; promote non-violent alternatives in the fields of human rights, development, and disarmament.
Promote a respectful, scholarly and consensus building dialogue among the world's great religions, in particular between Islam and Christianity; publish papers, articles and books of interest in this field; act as an open forum for constructive dialogue among scholars, theologians and diplomats; organize an annual conference promoting scholarly and diplomatic dialogue.
