On behalf of Chancellor Amma, Swami Amritaswarupananda Puri, President of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and Vice Chairman of Mata Amritanandamayi Math attended the Bahrain Forum of Dialogue: East and West for Human Coexistence.
More than 200 faith leaders from across the world, including Pope Francis and Sheikh Ahmad al-Tayyeb, Grand Imam of Egypt’s Al-Azhar Mosque and University, attended the event. The Forum, an inter-faith gathering, creates a platform to bring people of all creeds together for a better world.
The conference took place at Al-Sakhir Palace under the patronage of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa from November 3 to 4, 2022. It was organised by the Muslim council of elders, an international group founded in the United Arab Emirates in 2014 to work together to promote peace and tolerance and to address sources of conflict within Muslim communities.
With this forum for all faiths, the Council’s aim is to open its doors to others and strengthen cooperation between all of humanity regardless of race or belief. It also seeks remedies for extremism, violence, and terrorism. The intention is to hold several periodic meetings with the world’s major religious institutions to discuss four main points:
