In an unprecedented open letter signed by 138 leading scholars from every sect of Islam, the Muslims plead with Christian leaders “to come together with us on the common essentials of our two religions” and spell out the similarities between passages of the Bible and the Koran.
The scholars state: “As Muslims, we say to Christians that we are not against them and that Islam is not against them - so long as they do not wage war against Muslims on account of their religion, oppress them and drive them out of their homes.”
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“Finding common ground between Muslims and Christians is not simply a matter for polite ecumenical dialogue between selected religious leaders,” the Muslim scholars say, noting that Christians and Muslims make up over a third and a fifth of humanity respectively.
“Together they make up more than 55 per cent of the population, making the relationship between these two religious communities the most important factor in contributing to meaningful peace around the world. If Muslims and Christians are not at peace, the world cannot be at peace.”
The Muslims even quote passages verbatim from the Bible, extremely rare in a publication of this kind and at this level and an indication of their resolve to bring the two faiths together and end the present tensions between them.
Aref Ali Nayed, one of the signatories and a senior adviser to the Cambridge Interfaith Programme at Cambridge University in Britain, said the signatories represented the “99.9 percent of Muslims” who follow mainstream schools and oppose extremism.
“In Islam we have had a problem for some time now where the mainstream voices are drowned out by a minority that choose violence,” he said.
Dude, you’re seeing it. Never before has the Muslim world joined together to say that they’re not represented by the violent extremists, and they will not consider the Christian world an enemy.
The Vatican hasn’t issued a response yet. They better not drop the ball…
jews, christians, and muslums…they are all the same religion with different profits (lack there of for the jews) and the same god. Obviously with other differences.
religion is for old people who need an answer to what they are gonna do after their “tank” turns off
not in any way realistic if you think about it… worshipping ideas and ways of life written by people thousands of years ago after the time they are writing about…
Dude, you’re seeing it. Never before has the Muslim world joined together to say that they’re not represented by the violent extremists, and they will not consider the Christian world an enemy.
The Vatican hasn’t issued a response yet. They better not drop the ball…
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WHY did it take them so long to denounce Extemisim in their faith?
news flash: the three religions are not very similar at all. i’m tired of reading how they are all so similar. people say the basic principles behind all three religions are nearly identical. they arent.
religion is for old people who need an answer to what they are gonna do after their “tank” turns off
not in any way realistic if you think about it… worshipping ideas and ways of life written by people thousands of years ago after the time they are writing about…
: X
Im catholic by the way lol
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Obviously.
But that’s not what the article is about. I got chills reading that; not sure if they are good or bad chills though.
