Transform Greater Atlanta into a model city for interfaith appreciation and cooperation; Offer and participate in innovative, inviting programmes that inspire deep engagement in interfaith appreciation and cooperation.
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.
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.
Promote friendly relations and understanding among Jewish women of all countries; further the best and highest interests of humanity; uphold and strengthen the bonds between Jewish communities throughout the world; support the principles of the United Nations Bill of Human Rights; improve the status of women.”
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.
Serve as a think tank in the field of Islamic education, culture and knowledge; formulate a comprehensive Islamic vision and methodology that will help Muslim scholars in their critical analysis of contemporary knowledge; develop an appropriate methodology for understanding the Qur'an and the Sunnah of the Prophet; develop an appropriate methodology for dealing with Islamic legacy and contemporary knowledge, in order to draw on the experiences of both past and present, to build a better future for the Ummah and humanity at large; develop an appropriate methodology for understanding and dealing with the present situation of both the Ummah and the world in general, and the field of education in particular, in view of contemporary challenges and opportunities.
Develop public awareness about the iniquities and injustices in the existing hegemonic global system; create a better understanding, at the popular level, of how control and domination of the global system by a privileged minority challenges human dignity and social justice everywhere; nurture a deeper appreciation among people of the urgent need for alternative institutions and arrangements at the global level which are more conducive to the emergence of a just world; raise global consciousness on the crucial importance of fostering attitudes, values and ideals at both the personal and community level which will help attain and sustain a just world; inculcate within the human family, a universal, spiritual and moral vision of life rooted in God Consciousness which will serve to guide humankind in its quest for a just world.
Accompany organisational processes in defence of human rights and be physically and visibly present in the moments and places of highest tension so as to try to prevent repression and violence, such that threatened persons and organisations can continue their work to promote peace and human rights; expose the causes and consequences of, as well as responses to, socio-political conflict in Chiapas as well as in Oaxaca and Guerrero, with the intent of raising awareness and mobilising actors at local, national, and international levels to seek out non-violent solutions; work to strengthen the capacities of local groups, social agents—female and male—who work in defence of human rights and towards transformation of their conflicts in order to achieve a positive peace, and to promote and strengthen spaces for coming together and movement building.
Open up the view for current religious and cultural life of a region in a political, social, and historical context; promote different understanding of religions and beliefs, and contribute to the communication in intercultural and inter-religious coexistence; contribute to encounter and dialogue; convey a respectful and responsible handling of religious, cultural, and political content.
