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Article: Baha'is help found Interfaith Forum in Iceland.(INTERFAITH)
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- October 1, 2006
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland -- The Baha'i community of Iceland has joined with twelve other faith groups and collaborative partners here to form the country's first national interfaith forum.
The Iceland Forum for Interfaith Dialogue was officially founded on 24 November 2006 in ceremonies at the Reykjavik City Hall in the presence of Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, the president of Iceland.
"The object of the Forum is to promote tolerance and respect between persons of different religions and religious organizations with differing outlooks on life as well as to protect religious freedom and other human rights," said Ingibjorg Danielsdottir, secretary of the Baha'i ...