[VIDEO] The Importance of Interfaith Dialogue in Geopolitically Challenging Times
Updated: Jul 23
INTERFAITH DIALOGUE · VIDEO — Hosted by Salvator Mundi Global · Online · 27 May 2026
A cross-faith conversation on shared moral ground — and on the role of religious leadership when geopolitics turns adversarial.
This was not a webinar, and it was not ceremony. Salvator Mundi Global convened three of the world's most credible religious voices for a moderated strategic dialogue — built deliberately to surface honest perspectives, hold space for productive friction, and arrive at something more valuable than agreement.
The voices at the table:
Rabbi David Rosen — Former International Director of Interreligious Affairs, American Jewish Committee
Mufti Dr. Mustafa Cerić — Former Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Monsignor Dr. Christoph Kühn — Former Vatican diplomat, theologian and expert on canon law
Moderator: Sally (Shlomi Selim) Benbasat — Chief Operating Officer, Salvator Mundi Global · Chief Editor, Salvator Mundi Times
The conversation opens with a single, deliberately provocative question to each leader — what is the biggest misunderstanding about your faith today? — and then moves through three structured blocks: Reality, on what religion is actually doing in today's conflicts, grounded in facts rather than narratives; Tension, where views diverge and that divergence is named rather than smoothed over — including whether lasting peace between religions is realistic, or coexistence the more practical goal; and Responsibility, on what religious leaders owe the next decade of interfaith engagement, and who is accountable for changing how religions interact globally.
Dialogue is not the absence of disagreement. It is the discipline of staying at the table because human dignity is not negotiable.
Watch the full conversation
The exchange closes where every honest dialogue should — not with a communiqué, but with a question put to each participant: what gives you hope today? Their answers are a reminder that when religious voices withdraw from public life, harder voices fill the space — and that interfaith engagement is not a soft comfort but a strategic necessity for peace.
By Sally Benbasat, Editor in Chief · The Interfaith Council · Salvator Mundi Global — Together we inspire. Together we create impact.
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