There is a neat little product on amazon.com right now. It is a series of bumper stickers and t-shirts. They all say "Co-Exist" on them and the word is spelled using various religious symbols. However, there is a problem with this. Each and every religion represented by those symbols claims some form of exclusivity. Such being the case, while they may "coexist" in a secular sense, they are are of such mutual exclusivity that they can not "coexist" in the sense that the creators of these products seem to have in mind.
That being said, understand that all religions are NOT the same. Reading from a copy of the Koran from over 100 years ago, we find the statement "kill the Christian and Jew wherever you find them". That is anti-semitic. In the Bible we find the words "no man comes to father except through me". That is exclusive. These are just two example of, literally, thousands of possible examples.
Understand also that "atheism" is a religious viewpoint as well. It would do well to say that one who does not believe in "god" is an "anti-theist". However, "anti-theism" is a also a religion and is the most intolerant of religions.
Truthfully, Judaism and Christianity have historically been and continue to be the two most tolerant of religions. These two religions can and do coexist for they share much of the same history and even the same scriptures. Indeed, even person that believes in Christ Jesus is a member of the sect of Judaism that believes the Messiah has come and will return. To some degree, that means that the Jews and Christians are one, which even the Koran acknowledges (hence Islams ongoing persecutions of Christians and Jews, even in the places where these religions were born).
True co-existence will only occur when Christ Jesus returns and sets up his eternal kingdom. Then it will only be those who believe in Jesus as the Messiah that will live in that kingdom as all others shall have been cast into the lake of fire. Until then, the gospel must be preached and the truth must be told.
World peace is a beautiful sentiment. However, it is ultimately an unrealistic one. Humanity is generally set to destroy one another. It can not, by its own power, do anything less. Rather than trying to seek world peace, let us seek peace with and to love our neighbors. This is what Christ has commanded of us, even if our neighbors do wish to kill us. Do good for those that hate you. Then we show the love of Christ and will see and live in the kingdom of God. When we do that, we get a small picture of what world peace may be like.
