The forum's creators were the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue and the 138 Muslim representatives who, on October 13th 2007, sent an open letter to the pope and to other heads of Christian churches and ecclesiastic communities.
Organizatori foruma su Savet Svete stolice za međuverski dijalog i 138 muslimanskih predstavnika koji su 13. oktobra 2007. uputili otvoreno pismo papi i drugim poglavarima hrišćanskih crkava i crkvenih zajednica.