Religion and peace

We know that violence and intolerance under cover of religious ideals resulted in enormous moral decay and sufferings of human beings.
Religious ignorance is one of the significant sources of extremism as well as terrorism. It has become clear now, that in addition to the currently existing social and economic conditions resulting in international insecurity, cultural and religious ignorance, including lack of knowledge about your own culture and heritage, as well as about culture and heritage of others, establishes favourable conditions for rejection, extremism, terrorism and war. Consequently, value-oriented educational and cultural practice becomes an important fighting tool against hatred and intolerance.
It's a shame that today at the global level there is no place, no institutional space where religious leaders of the world could get together in order to try together to answer those questions that affect believers and non-believers, that face the whole human civilization.
Man is a unique work of the Creator, and his survival stretches into eternity. He cannot be an object for sale, or the entity of political handling, or a detail in the machine of production and consumption.
We must condemn terrorism and extremism in any form. We must make it our responsibility to stand alongside antagonism in political, national and religious subjects. We must lament over pseudo-religious groupings and engagements that destroy the independence and health of individuals and the moral climate of society. The use of religion as a means of igniting hatred or as an excuse for committing crimes against individuals, morality and humanity is one of the most intractable contemporary problems.