"Interfaith and intercivilizational dialogue amid a pandemic "

September 24 of this year, at the initiative of the N. Nazarbayev Center for the Development of Interfaith and Intercivilizational Dialogue in
The city of Nur-Sultan hosted an international online conference on the theme: "Interfaith and intercivilizational dialogue against the backdrop of a pandemic."
The online conference was attended by Vice Minister of Information and Public Development Marat Azilkhanov, Head of the Bureau for Islam of the Pontifical Council of the Holy See for Interreligious Dialogue (Vatican) Khaled Akashe, Director General of the Institute for the Study of Islam of the International Islamic University of Islamabad (Pakistan) Muhammad Ziya Ul-Haq, as well as representatives of international organizations, religious associations of Kazakhstan and the scientific and expert community.
During the conference, the participants discussed topical issues of the development of interfaith dialogue aimed at strengthening universal human values, promoting the ideas of peacemaking, tolerance, peace and harmony in a pandemic.
In his speech, Marat Azilkhanov stressed that in conditions when the world is filled with worries and threats, the state, religious associations and civil society must be united. Only through partnerships can you succeed in post-pandemic times.
The participants of the event came to the unanimous opinion that today it is important for the entire world community to unite the efforts of societies and states for the effective development of interreligious dialogue in order to strengthen universal human spiritual values.