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On the 2024 International Day of Human Fraternity, observed 5 February, special events—including the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity—focused on bridging divides and promoting a culture of peace. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit condemned an attack on a bus in Egypt carrying tourists on Friday near the Giza Pyramids, killing four Vietnamese tourists and their Egyptian guide. The blast wounded 11 other Vietnamese tourists as well as the Egyptian driver.

Heute, am ersten Tag der Sitzung des Exekutivausschusses des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen in Uppsala, Schweden, hörten wir von einem weiteren Anschlag auf unsere koptischen Schwestern und Brüder in Ägypten.

Today, as the Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches began its meeting in Uppsala, Sweden, we received news of another attack against our Coptic Christian sisters and brothers in Egypt.

The Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS) in Egypt is working on an advanced gender approach. In a country which is facing enormous challenges, more than ever a development agency has to be up to date on the needs of the people.

As Berit Hagen Agöy visited St Peter and St Paul’s Church in Cairo, Egypt last week, her sadness was mixed with hope.

Church leaders, led by Pope Tawadros II and Pope Francis, were gathered to pray for the people of Egypt, for unity, for peace and justice in St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, the chapel next to Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral that was bombed in December 2016, now restored.

Der Schutz der menschlichen Freiheit und Würde sei ein unverzichtbarer Beitrag zur Friedensstiftung durch religiöse Gemeinschaften, sagte der Ökumenische Patriarch, Seine Allheiligkeit Bartholomäus I, in seiner Rede auf der internationalen Friedenskonferenz der al-Azhar Universität vom 27. – 28. April in Ägypten.

Protecting human freedom and dignity is a vital contribution to peace-building by religious communities, said Ecumenical Patriarch His All-Holiness Bartholomew I as he spoke at the Al-Azhar International Peace Conference on 27-28 April in Egypt.

In einem gemeinsamen Kommuniqué betonten die Delegationen des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) und des Muslimischen Ältestenrates am 27. April wie wichtig es sei, Vielfalt wertzuschätzen, gleiche Rechte zu gewährleisten und in der Lage zu sein, mit anderen Beziehungen aufzubauen.

In a joint communiqué issued on 27 April, delegations from the WCC and the Muslim Council of Elders jointly stressed the importance of valuing diversity, assuring equal rights, and of being able to build mutual relationships with others.

In ihren Ansprachen auf der internationalen Friedenskonferenz der al-Azhar-Universität am 27. und 28. April 2017 in Ägypten befassen sich der ökumenische Patriarch, Seine Allheiligkeit Bartholomäus I, Papst Franziskus und der Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), Pastor Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, mit Themen wie der falschen Auslegung religiöser Texte, der Friedenskultur der Religionen und dem Weltfrieden sowie der Frage, welche Auswirkungen Armut, Krankheit und Ausbeutung auf den Frieden in der Welt haben.

Speaking at the Al-Azhar International Peace Conference on 27-28 April in Egypt, the Ecumenical Patriarch, His All-Holiness Bartholomew I, Pope Francis and WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit address topics of misinterpretation of religious text, the culture of peace in religion, and global peace and how it is affected by poverty, illness and exploitation.

As tragic news filtered out of at least three different countries this weekend, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit called for an end to violence and corruption that stands in the way of a global just peace.

The story shared by Fr Yakoub Babawe of the Oum-El-Nour Relief Committee of the Syrian Orthodox Church in Iraq’s city of Erbil moved and challenged participants at a recent meeting in Beirut.

The chief cleric of Cairo’s prestigious mosque and university, H.E. Professor Dr Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar al Sharif, has decried the present-day “civilizational crisis” of poverty and insecurity and called for interreligious collaboration to address it.

The Grand Imam of Cairo’s prestigious Al-Azhar mosque and university, Prof. Dr Ahmad al-Tayyeb, will visit the WCC to give a public lecture and participate in high-level dialogue on interreligious peacemaking. “We are honoured to welcome one of the world’s highest-ranking and most influential Muslim leaders to Geneva, and I very much look forward to his lecture and to sharing views with him on the many challenges that we as religious persons and leaders face together,” says WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit.

“I have an absolute confidence in your youthful and great enthusiasm and your heightened state of awareness that you will be ambassadors of peace, mercy and cooperation among all peoples.” This message, from Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Dr Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, visibly uplifted and inspired young people attending a seminar, “Youth Engagement, Religion and Violence,” in Cairo this week.

40 junge Menschen aus 14 Ländern treffen sich diese Woche in Kairo zu einem Seminar zum Thema „Jugendengagement, Religion und Gewalt“. Vom 18. bis 22. August beschäftigen sich Teilnehmende aus Europa, Afrika, Asien und dem Nahen Osten mit Themen wie dem Einfluss religiöser Debatten auf Maßnahmen zur Friedensschaffung bzw. auf das Anheizen von Spannungen, die in Gewalt umschlagen können.

Forty young people from 14 countries will meet this week in Cairo for a seminar entitled “Youth Engagement, Religion and Violence.” From 18 to 22 August, participants from Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East will focus on topics such as the impact of religious discourse on contributions to peace-building versus creating violent tensions.