Faith Matters
Faith Matters is a pioneering organisation with over a decade of experience in fostering strong relationships and promoting shared values among diverse faith communities using a tried and tested methodology rooted in historical and religious contexts. Key initiatives and areas of work include: – Strengthening leadership: Enhancing the capacity of faith leadership and institutions.Addressing extremism: […]
Federal Congress of Councils of Religions /Bundeskongress der Räte der Religionen (BKRR)
In many places, councils of religions or similar structures have been formed. They promote dialogue with the community and society, organize events for interfaith education and encounter, mediate in conflicts, comment on socio-political issues, and much more. To promote all of this, numerous interfaith dialogue initiatives from all over Germany joined forces in 2018 to […]
Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University (BKWSU)
The BKWSU’s main activity is teaching Raja Yoga, a form of meditation that aims to rediscover oneself as a spiritual being distinct from the physical body and to develop peace, love and mutual understanding. The organisation offers free meditation classes open to all. It is also involved in humanitarian and social initiatives across Europe, particularly […]
EuLeMa European Muslim Leaders’ Majlis
Muslim scholars, theologians, teachers, imams and head of National Muslim associations and mosques from more than 20 European countries are involved in EULEMA activities in the field of religious freedom, intercultural education, interreligious dialogue, human rights, prevention against hatred and discrimination, in cooperation with the Institutions of the European Union. EULEMA coordinates initiatives to better […]
Interreligious Council of Albania (IRCA)
The Interreligious Council of Albania (IRCA) was established on October 22, 2007, by leaders of the country’s traditional religious communities (Muslim Sunni, Orthodox Christian, Catholic Christian, Bektashi Sufi Order and since 2018 the Evangelical Alliance of Albania) and registered at the Tirana District Court. Its mission is to promote interfaith dialogue and harmony through joint […]
WELTKLOSTER e.V.
Weltkloster entrusts in the peace forming power of dialogue between authentically trained monastic and spiritual representatives of religious and contemplative traditions on the basis of inner experience and mutual understanding at eye level. Monastic and authentically transmitted spiritual and human values such as compassion and hospitality are to serve as a guideline and a bridge […]
House of One
The House of One is the product of a grassroot initiative of three religious’ communities. The initial idea came from a protestant parish which then joined forces with a with a Jewish community – with a rabbinical seminary – and a Muslim initiative for dialogue. In a common charter they set the theological basis and […]
Institute des Hautes Etudes Du Monde Religieux – IHEMR
The mission of the Institute of Higher Studies of Secularism and Religions is to train French leaders in order to provide them with a common foundation and culture in three main areas: – Religions – Secularism and cults – French government policy in these fields. The programme is based on conferences, workshops and study groups […]
COEXISTER – Diversity of conviction, unity in action
Since 2009, Coexister has chosen to transform diversity of conviction into a vector for social cohesion and innovation, thanks to the local Active Coexistence programme. Active Coexistence is a philosophy that translates into a grassroots method to help all citizens, especially 15–35-year-olds, to live together better. This model of society is based on a threefold […]
Démocratie, Construction Européenne et Religions (DECERE)
The aim of the association is to study the place and mobilise the resources of religions and convictions within a national framework and a European construction of a social, democratic and humanist dimension. It draws in particular on the texts of the social doctrine drawn up by the Catholic Church and on those of the […]