Interfaith dialogue is an effective mechanism to build mutual
understanding and respect among people from different faiths.
Leicester, a city located in the East Midlands of England, has a long
history of interfaith dialogue. This article discusses the practices and
approaches of interfaith dialogue in Leicester. Through a qualitative
research consisting of a mixture of library research, participation and
interviews with correspondents from religious communities in
Leicester, the research concludes that the practice of interfaith
dialogue can be categorize into two, namely the formal and informal.
Formal practices focus dialogue activities on several groups, while
informal dialogue occurs in the social life activities of the society.
These approaches have proved by numerous of activities which has
been organized by several people who had a lot of experience in
interfaith works.
