The theme of the celebration was religious tolerance in our global village. This is a very deep and involved theme. First, the world cannot rid itself of religion and religions.
Religions are here to stay.
They cannot be wished away. They are no longer matters of past-time hobby like any sport or social club. Rather, they now as ever before determine our lives and social relationships. These relationships are always very fragile, thus leading to religious wars within nation states or even across national boundaries. Secondly, the inbuilt mechanism in each religion to always take itself as containing the absolute truth is problematic, if not potentially explosive.