Since you asked what this conference was supposed to achieve, here is the answer from a website linked in your clip.

In a statement on the occasion of the fourth interfaith conference, which opens in Geneva on Sept. 30 with the participation of religious leaders and intellectuals from several countries, Al-Turki said the Geneva meet is a continuation of efforts that began in Makkah to promote interfaith dialogue.

“King Abdullah’s interfaith dialogue initiative aims at disseminating human values, promoting coexistence of the people of different faiths, spreading the values of peace and security, fighting evil in the world and promoting cooperation between communities,” Al-Turki said.

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Since you asked what this conference was supposed to achieve, here is the answer from a website linked in your clip.

In a statement on the occasion of the fourth interfaith conference, which opens in Geneva on Sept. 30 with the participation of religious leaders and intellectuals from several countries, Al-Turki said the Geneva meet is a continuation of efforts that began in Makkah to promote interfaith dialogue.

“King Abdullah’s interfaith dialogue initiative aims at disseminating human values, promoting coexistence of the people of different faiths, spreading the values of peace and security, fighting evil in the world and promoting cooperation between communities,” Al-Turki said.

The MWL chief, who left here on Thursday for Geneva at the head of a high-level Saudi delegation to organize the conference, said the two-day event at Geneva InterContinental would discuss a number of papers under the banner “The Impact of King Abdullah’s Initiative in Disseminating Human Values.”

As many as 166 religious leaders, academics and other prominent personalities from around the world, including the US, the UK, China, Italy, India, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Japan and the Philippines, will take part in the event, which is scheduled to be opened by the president of Switzerland.

In addition to the MWL secretary-general, Bandar Al-Aiban, president of the Saudi Human Rights Commission, Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches, and Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid, MWL’s assistant secretary-general, will address the opening session.

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“If we want this historic encounter to succeed, we must look to the things that unite us: Our profound faith in God, the noble principles and elevated ethics that represent the foundation of religions,” the king told the Madrid conference.

The participants of the Geneva summit include William Baker, president of Christians and Muslims for Peace in the US; David Rosen, director of inter-religious affairs at the American Jewish Committee; John Esposito, head of Muslim-Christian Understanding; Terje Roed-Larsen, director of the Institute of Peace; and Larry Shaw, chairman of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Mohammad Hamid Ansari, vice president of India;...

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“If we want this historic encounter to succeed, we must look to the things that unite us: Our profound faith in God, the noble principles and elevated ethics that represent the foundation of religions,” the king told the Madrid conference.

The participants of the Geneva summit include William Baker, president of Christians and Muslims for Peace in the US; David Rosen, director of inter-religious affairs at the American Jewish Committee; John Esposito, head of Muslim-Christian Understanding; Terje Roed-Larsen, director of the Institute of Peace; and Larry Shaw, chairman of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Mohammad Hamid Ansari, vice president of India; Pramjeet Singh Sarna, president of Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Sahib; Kuniaki Kuni, president of the Association of Shinto Temples in Japan; Xue Cheng, vice chairman of the Buddhist Association of China.

I can see your point Antara but there is one thing that really interests me. The connections of the group to support for terrorist funding. One of the major funders of the organization is the Saudi Arabian government. One of the U.S.'s most important allies.

I have yet to notice any Americans stop driving their cars to stop funding terrorists. As much as we talk we do nothing about it. Why do we magically believe the Saudi government is going to change?

This conference seems to be less alarming than driving a car.

I know that's sort of off topic.

I did like this clip because it exposed me to the author of the website, Steven Emerson.

Even the most critical analysts of the Bush Admini...

I can see your point Antara but there is one thing that really interests me. The connections of the group to support for terrorist funding. One of the major funders of the organization is the Saudi Arabian government. One of the U.S.'s most important allies.

I have yet to notice any Americans stop driving their cars to stop funding terrorists. As much as we talk we do nothing about it. Why do we magically believe the Saudi government is going to change?

This conference seems to be less alarming than driving a car.

I know that's sort of off topic.

I did like this clip because it exposed me to the author of the website, Steven Emerson.

Even the most critical analysts of the Bush Administration such as Richard Clarke have high praise for Steven Emerson and his work.

Emerson also does not appear to be idealistic in his party support as he has written books very critical of the Reagan Administrations penchant to use illegal covert military operations.

However, Emerson does receive some criticism. Emerson has been accused of exaggerating the threats posed by Islamists, a willingness "to push an extremely thin story--with potentially explosive consequences," and of "mistakes and distortions." Examples of such stories and errors include an alleged plot by Pakistan to launch a nuclear first strike against India and his claim that Yugoslavians were behind the first bombing of the World Trade Center in New York.

In its criticism of his coverage of the Pan Am 103 bombing, the liberal watchdog group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting cited the Columbia Journalism Review alleging that passages in Emerson's book The Fall of Pan Am 103, "bear a st...

However, Emerson does receive some criticism. Emerson has been accused of exaggerating the threats posed by Islamists, a willingness "to push an extremely thin story--with potentially explosive consequences," and of "mistakes and distortions." Examples of such stories and errors include an alleged plot by Pakistan to launch a nuclear first strike against India and his claim that Yugoslavians were behind the first bombing of the World Trade Center in New York.

In its criticism of his coverage of the Pan Am 103 bombing, the liberal watchdog group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting cited the Columbia Journalism Review alleging that passages in Emerson's book The Fall of Pan Am 103, "bear a striking resemblance, in both substance and style" to reports in the Syracuse Post-Standard. FAIR claimed that reporters from the newspaper "cornered Emerson at a conference of the Investigative Reporters and Editors and demanded that he apologize for plagiarizing their work." FAIR reported that a New York Times review (5/19/91) of his 1991 book Terrorist "chided that it was "'marred by factual errors…and by a pervasive anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian bias,'" and that "his 1994 PBS video, Jihad in America was faulted for bigotry and misrepresentations". In the same article, FAIR says that "veteran reporter Robert Friedman accused Emerson of 'creating mass hysteria against American Arabs.

So maybe this conference is horrific, maybe it's not.

We , the U.S., have acknowledged the political wings of former terrorist labeled organizations as legitimate political organizations today. Perhaps this conference is a step in the evolution of these organizations in the Middle East.