Charter of Compassion

Karen Armstrong is a British author, who writes about comparative religion. In 1993 she published her highly successful A History of God. 

A former Catholic nun, she says that, "All the great traditions are saying the same thing in much the same way, despite their surface differences." They each have in common an emphasis on the transcendent importance of compassion, as epitomized in the so-called Golden Rule: Do not do to others what you would not have done to you.

In February 2008, Armstrong called for a council of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish leaders to draw up a Charter for Compassion which would identify shared moral priorities in order to foster global understanding.

The Charter was unveiled in November 2009. 

Its signatories include Prince Hassan of Jordan, the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and Sir Richard Branson.

The Charter