He went on: "the current international difficulties and the increasing anxiety we all feel in living together in mutual respect have encouraged the misguided view that cultures are set on an unavoidable collision course leading to a clash of civilizations".
Ahmad Badr Al-Din Hassoun , Eiropas Parlamenta Saharova balvas laureāte Hauwa Ibrahim , ANO pārstāve ticības brīvības jautājumos Asma Jahangir un Konstantinopoles patriarhs Bartolomejs I.