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M
USLIM
J
EWISH
C
ONFERENCE
2010O
FFICIAL
C
ONFERENCE
D
ECLARATION
Vienna, AustriaAugust 1-6, 2010
O
FFICIAL
C
ONFERENCE
D
ECLARATION
C
ONTENT
:
I. T
HE
M
USLIM
J
EWISH
C
ONFERENCE
II. C
OMBATING
I
SLAMOPHOBIA
AND
A
NTI
-S
EMITISM
1) P
REAMBLE
2) C
ORE
P
ROBLEMS
I
DENTIFIED
3) U
NIVERSAL
R
ECOMMENDATIONS
3.1 S
UGGESTIONS
FOR
A
CTION
4) C
OMMUNITY
R
ECOMMENDATIONS
4.1 S
UGGESTIONS
FOR
A
CTION
5) P
ERSONAL
R
ECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 S
UGGESTIONS
FOR
A
CTION
III.
E
DUCATION
1) P
REAMBLE
2) H
ISTORY
E
DUCATION
2.1 I
NSTITUTIONAL
R
ECOMMENDATIONS
2.2 P
ROJECT
R
ECOMMENDATIONS
3) A
RTS
IN
E
DUCATION
3.1 M
ETHODOLOGIES
3.2 C
HALLENGES
OF
U
SING
THE
A
RTS
IN
E
DUCATION
& S
OLUTIONS
3.3 P
ROJECT
R
ECOMMENDATIONS
WITHIN
F
ORMAL
E
DUCATION
3.4 P
ROJECT
R
ECOMMENDATIONS
WITHIN
I
NFORMAL
E
DUCATION
4) E
NCOUNTER
B
ASED
E
DUCATION
4.1 P
ROJECT
R
ECOMMENDATIONS
4.2 F
ACILITATION
IV.
T
HE
R
OLE
OF
THE
M
EDIA
1) P
REAMBLE
2) I
NSTITUTIONAL
R
ECOMMENDATIONS
3) P
ROJECT
R
ECOMMENDATIONS
4) P
ERSONAL
R
ECOMMENDATIONS
5) A
PPENDIX
5.1 A
PPENDIX
2
V.
C
ONCLUSION
I.
T
HE
M
USLIM
J
EWISH
C
ONFERENCE
As young activists, aware of each others faith, we refuse to further inherit a reality of conflict. We call upon religious, social and political leaders to act in both, a personaland a collective capacity in order to promote a debate which is respectful, nuancedand based on common ground in the perspectives of both sides. Recognizing thatreligious rhetoric is often used to inflame conflicts, religious leaders bear a specialresponsibility in seeking paths towards quelling the flames and bringing conflict to anend. We urge religious leaders to maximize their communal platforms to publiclyadvocate a discourse of religious tolerance, inclusivity and shared dialogue,demonstrated by support for interfaith initiatives. We further more urge youth to takeits place, keeping the dialogue between the communities alive and to seize themomentum that was created within this first annual Muslim Jewish Conference 2010.The Muslim Jewish Conference and its supporters are determined to continueestablishing a new language of respect, to keep on working productively on jointapproaches to difficult issues and to stay alive as a platform linking together thosewho seek to make a difference.The Muslim Jewish Conference 2010 was our first step from possibility to reality.Sixty young men and women from twenty-five countries, arriving from four differentcontinents, walked this path together with us.We proudly present our first joint declaration, written together by Muslim and Jewishyouth:
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