"This forum promotes collaboration between different communities", said the Imam of the Grand Mosque of Mecca, Salih Bin Abdullah al-Humaid, during the Global Dialogue Forum, promoted by the International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID), which is taking place in Lisbon today and Thursday. "We have all the parties defending a true alliance, despite our cultural and religious differences", he praised in his speech. A meeting that the Chief Rabbi of Poland and member of the Jewish-Muslim Leadership Council, Michael Schudrich, also praised, stressing that "it would have been impossible a few years ago". The need for the forum to not only debate concepts, but also to inspire actions, was defended by the various speakers, with the former President of Austria, Heinz Fischer, admitting that "religion and politics can collaborate to resolve conflicts" and that the dialogue of the meeting "is very important" in the face of the war in Ukraine, in Gaza and for other conflicts in different parts of the world. "Peace is not our only value, but without peace all other values are at risk", he said. World Muslim, Jewish and Christian leaders are meeting today and Thursday at the headquarters of the European Maritime Safety Agency, in Lisbon, at a conference promoted by KAICIID -- International Dialogue Centre. Under the theme "Building Alliances for Peace", the Global Dialogue Forum is attended by former Heads of State and Government and religious leaders, such as the Imam of Mecca, Salih bin Abdullah al-Humaid, the Mufti of Egypt, Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Alam, the Chief Rabbi of Poland and international Jewish leader, Michael Schudrich, and the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople, Bartholomew I. For the Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I, the event should highlight the need for peace, but above all for ecological sustainability. "We are concerned because we are convinced that the climate crisis has deeply spiritual roots", he said, arguing that preserving the environment and the planet's resources "is not a fad, but a divine responsibility". According to him, "all religious leaders have the responsibility to warn congregations that the planet is sacred and that there can be no indifference and inaction". Read Also: Archbishop of Barcelona asks Catholics not to lose the habit of praying (Portuguese version)