CIFA

CIFA was represented in a U.S. Delegation of 20 faith leaders and faith-based organizations at a consultation in Jakarta, Indonesia on "Indonesia-U.S. Interfaith Cooperation, Building Collaborative Communities: Enhancing Cooperation among People of Different Faiths."

Following President Obama's call for closer collaboration among Muslims and Christians in his Cairo speech, the U.S. State Department sponsored the event facilitated by Religions for Peace. U.S. and Indonesian participants from Muslim and Christian and other faith communities, as well as representatives from several key Southeast Asian countries (see list of participants below) explored common concerns, with a view to framing common interfaith action.The consultation yeilded a declaration, the text of which is available below.