[Dean's World] Dean: 138 Muslim Scholars Write Pope, Heads of Other Churches

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Posted by Dean:
138 Muslim Scholars Write Pope, Heads of Other Churches
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1192909625.shtml


   Quoted:

     The president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
     praised the recent letter sent by 138 Muslim scholars as "an
     eloquent example of a dialogue among spiritualities."

     Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran said this in an interview published
     today by the French Catholic daily La Croix, in which he commented
     on the letter sent last week. The text was addressed to Benedict
     XVI and the heads of Christian churches, and proposed that the two
     faiths cooperate in establishing peace and understanding in the
     world.

     The 138 signatories of the letter offered an open invitation to
     Christians to unite with Muslims over what is most essential to
     their respective faiths -- the commandment of love.

     The appeal was welcomed by Anglican, Lutheran and evangelical
     leaders and the World Council of Churches.

     Cardinal Tauran called the letter a "positive initiative, insofar
     as the text proposes cooperation based on common values:
     acknowledgement of one God, love of God for all mankind and the
     necessity to love one's neighbor."

     "One aspect that struck me in a particular way is that, perhaps for
     the first time, the text signed by the Muslims presented Jesus of
     the Gospel with citations from the New Testament, and not from
     citations of the Koran," he added.

   You can [1]read the whole thing here.

   Don't expect to read about it from the usual suspects, though. Or,
   expect them to only have snotty things to say.

References

   1. http://www.zenit.org/article-20787?l=english