The Geneva Spiritual Appeal

The "Geneva Spiritual Appeal" was signed on Sunday October 24 1999 by Buddhist, Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders. To all the two faced "peace loving" and "God Fearing" political leaders, spiritual leaders and religious leaders of the world, have you done your part to honour the words as scripted in this Geneva Spiritual Appeal ?

The text of the appeal is as follows :

• Because our personal convictions or the religions to which we owe allegiance have common a respect for the integrity of humankind.
• Because our personal convictions or the religious to which we owe allegiance have common a rejection of hatred and violence.
• Because our personal convictions or the religions to which we owe allegiance have common the hope for a better and more just world.

Representing religious communities and civil society we appeal to the leaders of the world, whatever their field of influence, to strictly adhere to the following three principles:
1) A refusal to invoke a religious or spiritual power to justify violence of any kind,
2) A refusal to invoke a religious or spiritual source to justify discrimination and exclusion;
3) A refusal to exploit or dominate others by means of strength, intellectual capacity or spiritual persuasion, wealth or social status.

Grounded in the Genevan tradition of welcome, refuge and compassion, our appeal is open to all whose convictions are in accordance with these three demands.