Further signatories to the "Salam-Shalom-Peace" declaration

The Friedrich-Alexander-University, the Christian churches of Erlangen and the Peace Path of Religions Erlangen join the joint declaration "Salam-Shalom-Peace".

A sign against the effects of international conflicts

Last December, the city's Advisory Council for Foreigners and Integration, the Jewish Community of Erlangen, the Islamic Community of Erlangen, the Turkish Islamic Community of Erlangen, the Islamic Religious Community of Erlangen and Lord Mayor Florian Janik drew up a joint declaration advocating peace, dialog and diversity. The aim was to send out a joint signal of dialog between Jews and Muslims and against the effects of international conflicts, including in the form of anti-Semitism, hostility towards Muslims and other forms of group-related misanthropy.

"I was very pleased that the declaration also met with such a positive response from the university and the churches," explains Lord Mayor Florian Janik. The initiators were therefore happy to comply with the request to widen the circle of signatories. "It is a good sign that what initially began as an understanding between Muslims and Jews in Erlangen is so widely supported," said the mayor.

The other signatories in alphabetical order:

Susanne Gillmann, pastor of the Evangelical Reformed Church in Erlangen
Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger, President of the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Dr. Julia Illner, Spokesperson of the Peace Path of Religions Erlangen
Dr. Bernhard Petry, Dean of the Evangelical-Lutheran Deanery Erlangen
Dr. Michael Pflaum, Dean of the Archbishopric Deanery Erlangen

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