For over 2,000 years, conflicts among Muslims, Jews, and Christians have marked history, and even today, bigotry and animosity persist globally. Despite the UN Charter and multiculturalism, significant efforts to address these divisions are lacking. Recognizing this, FPCI launched the 1000 Abrahamic Circles to foster interfaith understanding beyond traditional conferences. The program brings together Abrahamic faith leaders—imams, rabbis, and pastors—for a transformative three-week journey.
Participants live in each other's homes, engage in daily life, share meals, observe rituals, and connect with local communities. These immersive experiences build deep friendships, turning unfamiliarity into respect and ignorance into understanding. Pre- and post-journey surveys measure the program's impact. With seven successful journeys across nations like Indonesia, Australia, the United Kingdom, the U.S., Sri Lanka and Timor-Leste, the initiative has enriched cultural exchanges and interfaith dialogues, promoting shared values and contributing to global peacebuilding efforts.
Our circle journey facilitates leaders of Abrahamic religions—Priests, Rabbis, and Ustadz—from different countries to embark on a three-week journey to each other's hometowns, directly observing their way of life. This experience aims to foster understanding and mutual respect. Our program is designed to create positive and long-term impacts, serving as an innovative solution to traditional interfaith models. The ultimate objective is to measurably increase religious literacy, empathy, and mutual respect among the Circle Members, their followers, and the wider global community.
Endorsements & Testimonies
“The Indonesian Government has always believed that interfaith cooperation is critical to world peace and as such, the Indonesian Government has always actively promoted interfaith exchanges and cooperation. The 1000 Abrahamic Circles program offers a fresh and innovative peace-building idea to turn ignorance and prejudice to engagement and mutual respect through a real-life interactive process on the ground involving grassroots leaders of the religious faith of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. I find it particularly useful that this program intends to engage countries of concern both in the developed and developing world. I believe that the successful implementation of 1000 Abrahamic Circles would have a significant impact on a volatile world which is in dire need of greater harmony and tolerance.”
Drs. H. Muhammad Jusuf Kalla
Former Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia
Jakarta, 7 November 2018
