How interreligious coexistence and dialogue can positively affect society?

 

The threats of international security have changed, and it seems that they will have very different and complex discourse in the future. To maintain a secure world, the tools of countering these threats should be varied and adapted according to the environment and its needs. It is obvious that classical ways of maintaining international security are insufficient toward very intelligent and integrated menaces which always are looking for the weak points to harm the countries, societies, and all humanity. One of these alternative ways to sustain security at all levels is by using increasing interreligious communication anddialogue. Good initiatives in this field have been undertaken by many national and international actors and the results have proven the good efficacy and the high impact of these actions. Although a small country, Albania has tried to show a good example of how interreligious coexistence and dialogue can positively affect society. By being a tangible case, Albania offers a positive model in interfaith harmony and coexistence to the multi-religious societies and this is, by itself, a significant way to contribute to international security. However, the question is this: can this model be exported and implemented in other countries and societies, Europe, or elsewhere? Apparently, the exportation and implementation of any social model to somewhere is not an easy process and sometimes might be quite impossible. To realize such a project, it is needed to enable all social dynamics and reactivate them in a new society. However, you can try to adapt that social model by splitting it in parts, even if you cannot implement the whole, you can do it partially. Second, according to the dynamics of each country and society, you can use good examples you have acquired to develop strategies and to come up with new models. Of course, such a process is not easy because this is not a corporate structure or an engineering project where there are some mathematical variables, including principles and values, which can be easily transferred. The relocation of the principles and values and their application in different societies requires a huge adaptation to the new social environment. Bearing in mind this information and the fact that the origins of religious radicalismdriving into terrorism are very correlated with many social problems, the best way to solve this would be realized through a recipe of social sciences. In addition, within this recipe, the promotion of a model that contains religious tolerance and interfaith dialogue in the center would act as the main cure. In this way, we would achieve our goal and the solution would be more effective and sustainable.