Global Family for Love and Peace

Buddhist Muslim Dialogues

First Buddhist Muslim Youth Dialogue at the Church Center for the United Nations, 2016

In light of events starting with the destruction of the Buddha statue in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, the attack on the World Trade Center in New York on September 11 and the ensuing US led war on terrorism, interreligious dialogue and cooperation between faith communities have become imperative and urgent for world peace. Interfaith work that embraces both grass-roots and religious leadership offer solutions to problems where political and diplomatic approaches have failed.

Religious and cultural diversity is often exploited by political agendas as tool for conflict and war, rather than used as an opportunity for mutual enrichment, understanding and respect. Peace education is crucial to address current challenges in globalization, militarization, poverty, social injustice, oppression, and environmental degradation. Interfaith and peace education needs to be incorporated into school cirriculums and into the religious education program of every temple, church and mosque world-wide.

With this ultimate goal in mind, Global Family for Love and Peace initiated and sponsored a series of dialogues in different parts of the world. The Dialogues` goals are to create a partnership between religious communities to face the numerous challenges of the 21st century using cooperation and friendship.

In 2021 GFLP hosted Second Buddhist Muslim Youth Dialogue and the Seventeenth Dialogue in the series. This was a virtual event.

First Dialogue

Theme: Getting to Know Each Other
Date: March 7, 2002
Venue: Columbia University, New York, USA
Second Dialogue

Theme: Dialogue and the New Asia
Date: May 11, 2002
Venue: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Third Dialogue

Theme: Millennium Interfaith Dialogue on Spirituality, Globalization, Education and Cooperation
Date: July 30, 2002
Venue: Jakarta, Indonesia
Fourth Dialogue

Theme: Global Ethics and Good Governance
Date: May 5-6, 2003
Venue: UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), Paris, France
Fifth Dialogue

Theme: The Religious Other as a Task for World Religions
Date: April 25-30, 2004
Venue: Tehran, Iran
Sixth Dialogue

Theme: Dharma, Allah and Governance
Date: July 11, 2004
Venue: Barcelona, Spain
Seventh Dialogue

Theme: Dialogue and Society
Date: November 6, 2005
Venue: Morocco, North Africa
Eighth Dialogue

Theme: Religions on Life and Death”
Date: October 16-18, 2006
Venue: Peking University, Beijing, China
Ninth Dialogue

Theme: Globalization and Spiritual Traditions: Conversations and Reflections on Religion
Date: June 11-13, 2008
Venue: National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan
Tenth Dialogue

Theme: Towards the Earth: Peace and Human Rights, Poverty and Social Inequality, Ecological Healing and Earth
Date: September 3-4, 2008
Venue: UN Headquarters, New York, USA
Eleventh Dialogue

Theme: Building Peace in the Pursuit of Justice
Date: December 4, 2009
Venue: Melbourne, Australia
Twelfth Dialogue

Theme: Violence - A Religious Resource for Conflict Resolution
Date: June 28-July 1, 2010
Venue: Ladakh, India
Thirteenth Dialogue

Theme: Love and Forgiveness in Asian Religions
Date: July 17-18, 2012
Venue: Jakarta, Indonesia
Fourteenth Dialogue

Theme: Retrieving the Earth Home in Your Heart
Date: October 16, 2015
Venue: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Fifthteenth Dialogue

Theme: Love the Earth, Love Peace
Date: September 8-9, 2016
Venue: UN Headquarters, New York, USA
Sixteenth Dialogue

Theme: First Buddhist Muslim Youth Dialogue
Date: September 10, 2016
Venue: New York City, USA
Seventeenth Dialogue

Theme: Second Buddhist Muslim Youth Dialogue
Date: October 16, 2021
Venue: Virtual