The Fourth Global Forum:
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Date: 02 November 2016 - 03 November 2016
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Location
: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Within the framework of the keenness of the world’s wise elders to achieve world peace, a global consultative dialogue conference was held over two days under the slogan: “Towards an Understanding and Integrated World.” The Muslim Council of Elders (MCE) and the Cathedral of Canterbury met in the presence of a distinguished elite of thought leaders of the Islamic and Christian worlds, in Abu Dhabi on November 2-3, 2016. This conference aimed to discuss issues that occupy the world considering the devastating crises it is going through on the intellectual and moral levels, which threaten humanity.
The conference participants discussed several issues that affirm establishing the principles of freedom of belief and pluralism and presenting models of coexistence and tolerance. They also affirmed the role of religions in strengthening citizenship and coexistence, consolidating humanitarian principles, and removing obstacles in the way of dialogue, coexistence, and possible solutions.