The "survival of the world" is at stake if Muslims and Christians do not make peace with each other, leaders of the Muslim world will warn the Pope and other Christian leaders today.Regardless, it is certainly fascinating and surprising, and can have far, far-reaching impact.
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."
The phrasing has echoes of the New Testament passage: "He that is not with me is against me" - a passage used by President George Bush when addressing a joint session of Congress nine days after 9/11.
The Muslims call instead for the emphasis to be on the shared characteristics of world's two largest faiths.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Muslims, Christians Making Peace?
This is fascinating; while at first glance this seems like a very good thing in general, I'm wary of the impact such a combination would have on Jews and others. Excerpt:
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Multiculturalism and tolerance and understanding of other religions have always been good for the Jews. Maybe this will be the first step in the modernization/liberalization of Islam.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. I just am wary of pacts between two major religions not known for their love of Jews.
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