At this meeting, religious leaders and British ambassadors from the Middle East agreed that inclusive citizenship was critical to promoting peace and co-existence in the region to provide an alternative narrative to Daesh’s exclusive narrative and to help address the root causes of violent extremism.

In response, it was agreed that Wilton Park should facilitate discussion on the development of a new framework for citizens and members of different religious groups to live together as equal citizens, respecting each other’s rights and existence.

Three Dialogues were held on this theme – in November 2018 in Abu Dhabi, in March 2019 in the United Kingdom and in September 2019, again in Abu Dhabi. Three further virtual dialogues took place in June and October 2020 and in June 2021.

Major local and international faith-based organizations, as well as senior experts from different religious and cultural backgrounds, joined the Dialogues to develop a vision of Inclusive Citizenship as a framework that captures and promotes a new interfaith-rooted model for peace and coexistence in the region. This was a unique Consortium representing the diversity of religious traditions, united in their aim of promoting peace.