October 7, 2009

"A Common Word Between Us and You" was a two-day conference at Georgetown University gathering political and religious leaders, scholars, media, and community representatives to discuss the future of Muslim-Christian relations in the 21st century. The opening panel was moderated by Mr. Riz Khan, host of "The Riz Khan Show" on Al-Jazeera English. Panelists included The Right Honorable Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Founder of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation; His Excellency Kjell Magne Bondevik, former Prime Minister of Norway and President of the Oslo Center for Human RIghts; Dr. John L. Esposito, founding director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University; His Excellency Sheikh Mustafa Efendi Ceric, Grand Mufti of Bosnia-Herzegovina; and Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim, former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia and Leader of the Opposition of the Malaysian Parliament.

The Common Word conference was sponsored by the Office of the President at the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University, together with the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought of Jordan. The conference took place October 7-8, 2009 at Georgetown University.