C1 World Dialogue
Encyclopedia
C1 World Dialogue is an initiative, whose mission is to “support and promote, propagate and preserve, peace harmony and friendship between the Western and Islamic Worlds”. The initiative has its origins in the Council of One Hundred Leaders (C-100) West-Islamic Dialogue originally launched by the World Economic Forum
in response to the tragedy of 9/11. Since then, the group has evolved into an autonomous body with an institutional base as a Swiss foundation, based in Basel
. The president of the General Conference of the organization is the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair
.
on January 24 The new current edition was launched in 2009 at events in Egypt
, the UK
and United States
.
The report consists of four sections. The first explores the basis for building a common platform for practical cooperation. The second one outlines the conceptual and theoretical basis for the work while section three presents current extensive survey and other data about the state of relations based on the continuous research of PEW
and Media Tenor. The fourth section contains current examples of cross-religious dialogue in practice.
The C-1 is developing practical work in several areas led by its constituent Commissions with a particular focus on work with the Media and in Education. It is also working to promote the platform for cooperation offered by the Common Word initiative proposing cooperation on the basis of the twin Commandments to love God and our neighbour. It is also developing a rapid response capacity in order to help de-escalate unstable situations that suddenly arise and which may lead to conflict or misunderstanding. Recent press releases have addressed the minaret controversy in Switzerland
and the riots against Christians in Gojra
, Pakistan
. The rapid response work in communication is coordinated by the UN Alliance of Civilizations
.
The C1 World Dialogue plans to hold its annual General Conference, which will bring together all the participating members, next year in Sarajevo
. The president of the General Conference is the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
, The Grand Mufti of Egypt and the Bishop of London the Rt Revd. and the Rt Hon. Richard Chartres
together with an Executive which the multi-stakeholder character of the initiative and includes public figures and religious leaders as well as leading representatives from media, business, academia and the civil society. Additional members of the Executive Board include His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem
, H.E. the Grand Mufti of Bosnia, Mustafa Ceric, The Most Revd. Diarmuid Martin
, Archbishop of Dublin, Mr Kai Diekmann
Editor of Bild (Germany), as well as Professors John Esposito
of Georgetown
, Anthony Grayling of London
, Ibrahim Kalin (Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister of Turkey
), David Ford
of Cambridge
and Miroslav Volf
of Yale
along with the media personality Muna AbuSulayman
and the founder of the People-to-People
President Mary Eisenhower
. while H.E. Theodore Cardinal McCarrick also serves as a special Advisor.
The initiative was founded by H.R.H. Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad bin Talal of Jordan
, Canon Alistair Macdonald-Radcliff and the President of Media Tenor / InnoVatio publishing Roland Schatz who were also joined by the New York based businessman Mr. Haris Hromic.
World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva, best known for its annual meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland....
in response to the tragedy of 9/11. Since then, the group has evolved into an autonomous body with an institutional base as a Swiss foundation, based in Basel
Basel
Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...
. The president of the General Conference of the organization is the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...
.
Main Activities
The initiative publishes the Annual Dialog Report, that combines data and research about Muslim-West relations with commentary and analysis. The Report aims to “provide the knowledge-base for the actions needed to achieve sustainably improved Muslim-West relations that are conducive to peace, stability and mutual flourishing.” The first version of the report was published with the WEF in 2008 at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in DavosDavos
Davos is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a permanent population of 11,248 . Davos is located on the Landwasser River, in the Swiss Alps, between the Plessur and Albula Range...
on January 24 The new current edition was launched in 2009 at events in Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
, the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
The report consists of four sections. The first explores the basis for building a common platform for practical cooperation. The second one outlines the conceptual and theoretical basis for the work while section three presents current extensive survey and other data about the state of relations based on the continuous research of PEW
Pew Research Center
The Pew Research Center is an American think tank organization based in Washington, D.C. that provides information on issues, attitudes and trends shaping the United States and the world. The Center and its projects receive funding from The Pew Charitable Trusts. In 1990, Donald S...
and Media Tenor. The fourth section contains current examples of cross-religious dialogue in practice.
The C-1 is developing practical work in several areas led by its constituent Commissions with a particular focus on work with the Media and in Education. It is also working to promote the platform for cooperation offered by the Common Word initiative proposing cooperation on the basis of the twin Commandments to love God and our neighbour. It is also developing a rapid response capacity in order to help de-escalate unstable situations that suddenly arise and which may lead to conflict or misunderstanding. Recent press releases have addressed the minaret controversy in Switzerland
Minaret controversy in Switzerland
The minaret controversy in Switzerland refers to construction of minarets, which has been subject to legal and political controversy in Switzerland during the 2000s and a Swiss referendum regarding this issue. In a November 2009 referendum, a constitutional amendment banning the construction of new...
and the riots against Christians in Gojra
Gojra
Gojra , the capital of Gojra Tehsil, is a city of Toba Tek Singh District in the Punjab province of Pakistan, it is located at 31°9'N 72°41'E and is located 30 miles from Faisalabad, 125 km from Burewala, 157 km from Vehari and north of Toba Tek Singh...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. The rapid response work in communication is coordinated by the UN Alliance of Civilizations
Alliance of Civilizations
The Alliance of Civilizations is an initiative proposed by the Prime Minister of the Government of Spain, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, at the 59th General Assembly of the United Nations in 2005. It was co-sponsored by the Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
.
The C1 World Dialogue plans to hold its annual General Conference, which will bring together all the participating members, next year in Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
. The president of the General Conference is the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Members
The C-1 is led by the Co-chairs His Eminence Dr Ali GomaaAli Gomaa
Sheikh Ali Goma'a is the Grand Mufti of Egypt through Dar al-Ifta al-Misriyyah succeeding Ahmad El-Tayeb. He has been called "one of the most widely respected jurists in the Sunni Muslim world," and described as "a highly promoted champion of moderate Islam," gender equality, and an "object of...
, The Grand Mufti of Egypt and the Bishop of London the Rt Revd. and the Rt Hon. Richard Chartres
Richard Chartres
Richard John Carew Chartres KCVO FSA is the current Bishop of London, a position he has held since 1995. Before this appointment, he was Bishop of Stepney and Gresham Professor of Divinity .-Early life:...
together with an Executive which the multi-stakeholder character of the initiative and includes public figures and religious leaders as well as leading representatives from media, business, academia and the civil society. Additional members of the Executive Board include His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem
Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem
Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem is the current Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem...
, H.E. the Grand Mufti of Bosnia, Mustafa Ceric, The Most Revd. Diarmuid Martin
Diarmuid Martin
Diarmuid Martin is the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland. He was born in Dublin.-Early life and education:...
, Archbishop of Dublin, Mr Kai Diekmann
Kai Diekmann
Kai Diekmann is a German journalist. From 1998 until 2000 he was editor of Welt am Sonntag . Since January 2001 he is chief editor of Bild. He is also a member of the executive board of the Turkish daily Hürriyet.- Life :Diekmann grew up in Bielefeld...
Editor of Bild (Germany), as well as Professors John Esposito
John Esposito
John Louis Esposito is a professor of International Affairs and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University...
of Georgetown
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
, Anthony Grayling of London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, Ibrahim Kalin (Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister of Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
), David Ford
David F. Ford
David Frank Ford is an academic and public theologian. He has been the Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge since 1991...
of Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
and Miroslav Volf
Miroslav Volf
Miroslav Volf is an influential Christian theologian and currently the Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology at Yale University Divinity School and Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, which focuses in part on workplace spirituality. He has been a member in both the Episcopal...
of Yale
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
along with the media personality Muna AbuSulayman
Muna Abu-Sulayman
Muna AbuSulayman, is Secretary General and Executive Director of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation, the philanthropic arm of HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal's Kingdom Holding Company and formerly co-host of one of MBC TV’s most popular social programs, Kalam Nawaem .As a public and media...
and the founder of the People-to-People
People to People International
People to People International was established on September 11, 1956, by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, as part of the U.S. Information Agency...
President Mary Eisenhower
Mary Jean Eisenhower
Mary Jean Eisenhower , the granddaughter of Dwight D. Eisenhower, has worked to develop and expand the mission of People to People International [PTPI]. Eisenhower became the Chief Executive Officer of PTPI in January 2000 and its President in 2003. She still holds these titles.-Early life:Mary...
. while H.E. Theodore Cardinal McCarrick also serves as a special Advisor.
The initiative was founded by H.R.H. Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad bin Talal of Jordan
Jordan
Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
, Canon Alistair Macdonald-Radcliff and the President of Media Tenor / InnoVatio publishing Roland Schatz who were also joined by the New York based businessman Mr. Haris Hromic.