Citing Mahatma Gandhi’s comparison of world’s religions to beautiful flowers, US secretary of state John Kerry has launched a new state department office of faith-based community initiatives.
‘Gandhi called the world’s religions beautiful flowers from the same garden.
There is common ground between Abrahamic faiths and all religions and philosophies,’ Kerry said. The new office will set department policy on engagement with faith-based communities and will work in conjunction with bureaus and posts to reach out to those communities to advance the department’s diplomacy and development objectives, said the state department.
‘Gandhi called the world’s religions beautiful flowers from the same garden.
There is common ground between Abrahamic faiths and all religions and philosophies,’ Kerry said. The new office will set department policy on engagement with faith-based communities and will work in conjunction with bureaus and posts to reach out to those communities to advance the department’s diplomacy and development objectives, said the state department.