Many months ago Pope Benedict gave a talk at Regensburg that set into motion—along with the brief anger it caused in the Muslim world—a series of talks between Muslim and Catholic theologians that continue to bear fruit and this recent event, reported on by Chisea might be another one.
An excerpt.
“In Madrid, from July 16-18, a conference is taking place on dialogue among religions – Islam, Judaism, and Christianity – with the decisive initiative of King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, the sovereign of Saudi Arabia and the custodian of the most sacred Muslim sites, the mosques of Mecca and Medina.
“King Abdullah had called for this encounter among the three religions at the end of the international Islamic conference held in Mecca last June 4-6. In Madrid, he was the one who opened the working sessions, which will be concluded with addresses by Abdullah bin Abdul Mohsin Al Turki, secretary general of the Muslim World League, and Cardinal Tauran.
“Before his departure, Tauran told "L'Osservatore Romano" that the objective of the conference is to offer the world an image of the three religions as religions of peace, "at the service of man, and not against man". This is especially true for Islam, which is generally associated with violence and terrorism, partly through the fault of many who practice it. "It can in fact happen," the cardinal added, "that as we witness this act of courage carried out with wisdom by the king of Saudi Arabia, in some mosques the talk may be of an entirely different kind."
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