Interreligious and International Peace Council IIPC

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Interreligious and International Peace Council
IIPC
Day of Prayer for Peace
Gaza, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Israel December 22,
2003
Symposium
The Path to Lasting Peace in the Middle East
Jerusalem, December 19-23, 2003
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Middle East Peace?

• How many resolutions?

Peace accords? Summits?
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Peace Begins with the Spiritual
Interfaith Peace Walk in Jerusalem September 2003
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Interfaith Worship at the Al Aqsa Mosque
(Temple Mount)
Racial Harmony at the Jordan River
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Peace Under One God
Jerusalem, October 2003
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International Ambassadors for Peace in the Holy
Land
Retracing Jesus Footsteps
Buddhist Leaders March
Not a tour but a mission
Over 400 American Christian Ministers
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Historical Reconciliation
We are spiritual beings, therefore resentment

• Is a powerful, emotional force
• Effects the living and the dead
• Must be reconciled by people of this agerole of
  religious leaders

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Jerusalem Declaration

• Repent for the dark parts of our past, and seek
  a bright future together
• Christians repented for glorifying the execution
  which ended Jesus physical life and
  perpetrating a history of anti-Semitism
• Jewish leaders sought to liberate themselves
  once and for all from the burden of Jesus
  crucifixion.

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Reconciliation in the Family of Abraham
Muslim
Jew
Christian
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Rally for Peace Under One God
Dag Hammarskold Plaza, at the United
Nations,New York October 3, 2003
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Founding the IIPC October 2003
US Congressman Danny K. Davis
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IIPC Consultations
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IIPC Principles of Peace

• Rooted in God, the Parent of all humanity
• Begins from the human spirit
• Not by violence
• Community beyond borders
• Global family -- no enemies

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IIPC Principles of Peace

• Requires interfaith harmony 
• Living for the sake of others
• Resolve enmity historical resentment
• Repentance, forgiveness, reunion

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IIPC Principles of Peace

• Family the school of love
• Educating for character 
• Governing with heart of a parent
• Equality respect for all
• Economic social development

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New Paradigm of Global Governance
Summit of World Leaders Seoul, Korea - August 2003
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IIPC Worldwide
Kathmandu, Nepal November 2003
Teaching values to youth to address Maoist
insurgency
IIPC-Nepal Consultative Committee
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Worldwide Grassroots Foundation

• To launch the IIPC, IIFWP held programs in 154
  nations during July-August 2003.

Moscow
Budapest
Montevideo
New Delhi
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Record of Interfaith Activism
Interreligious Federation for World Peace
Religious leaders from 40 nations spoke out
during Muslim-Hindu riots Feb. 1993
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Record of Interfaith Service

• Religious Youth Service

• Since 1985
• Service projects worldwide
• Youth from 160 nations

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IIPC Founders
Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon
The hope of all ages is a unified world of
peace.