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In formation of each civilization, the role of religion is of high importance. The development of communication in today's world has created a common destiny for the human being, and consequently some links have been established among cultures, civilizations and religions. With no doubt, not only the religions have had a pivotal role in establishing and dynamism of civilizations, but also they are influential in the process of growth of these new ties. Thus attentions towards Interreligious Dialogues have found a specific importance. The promotion of interreligious dialogues in the world is an effort to enhance the rational tolerance and agreement in the attitude of each individual toward other religions. The followers of different religions, through mutual familiarization are encouraged to learn from each other and in these interactions; the spirit of religious ease and moderation, avoiding violation and welcoming the religious views of each other will be widespread.

The main objective of the dialogue is understanding. In order to reach understanding in the dialogue, either sides of dialogue should have a common language, common experiences, proper emotional ground and correct will. Thus, the necessity of knowing other religions and interaction with them, coexistence of different religions in a country and that all religions have one united essence and can talk and cooperate on common points are among the prerequisites of inter-religious dialogues and consequently the establishment of the Institute for Inter-religious Dialogue. When proper conditions are provided for inter-religious dialogues, the inter-religious dialogues will create a ground for modification and reconsideration concerning the traditional understandings from religion. It is worth heeding that in order to sit at the dialogue table, we are in need of firm belief in our religion and we may not lose our belief in the course of dialogue.

As a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), the Institute for Interreligious Dialogue has forecasted considerable activities in the domain of inter-religious dialogues. Of which, the most important principal of these activities are to highlight the necessity and importance of religious dialogue and also awareness campaign directed at the interested people in the field of religious dialogues. This transparent circulation of information far from any prejudice and unpleasant thoughts will encourage the thinkers and researchers to deal with this issue seriously. Consequently it will enhance the insight of Iranian society toward religious researches and inter-religious dialogue.