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A Muslim-Christian handshake | December 10, 2007

Positive Christian response to recent Muslim outreach must be one of many steps to peace.

We carried on these pages prompt reportage on the "Muslim letter" calling for understanding with Christians, and then the prompt positive response coming from Christian leaders.

The Christian Science Monitor in its article "A Muslim-Christian Handshake," reports on the continued positive repercussions and developments, while simultaneously calling for the necessary resolve to see this forward over the long term.

In the article we read:

The letter (available at www.acommonword.com) is remarkable for its depth and message. Its signers represent all major schools of Islamic thought. It quotes from religious texts of Muslims, Christians, and Jews to show two shared, fundamental beliefs: love of one God, and love of neighbor.

Last week, the pope responded by praising the "positive spirit" behind the letter and inviting a delegation of its signers to the Vatican for talks. Just a year ago he angered many Muslims with a speech that linked Islam to violence. In the United States, the Muslim letter has prompted Yale Divinity School to lead an effort toward interfaith conferences and workshops in the US, Britain, and the Middle East.

This week's intervention of British Muslims [Reported quite extensively on these pages] to win a pardon for an English schoolteacher in Sudan shows that intrafaith efforts can have a moderating effect.

The entire article is brief but well worth reading and knowing.  Please click through to this good work by the Christian Science Monitor

Posted by admin at December 10, 2007 07:37 AM


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