| Christians and Muslims want to mobilize joint crisis group |
| Written by Peter Kenny | ||
| Monday, 20 December 2010 18:30 | ||
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Geneva (ENI) Global Christian and Muslim leaders meeting in Switzerland have jointly called for the formation of a group that can be mobilized whenever a crisis threatens to arise in which Christians and Muslims find themselves in conflict. In a closing statement from their November meeting at Geneva’s Ecumenical Centre, the leaders of the two faiths said, “Religion is often invoked in conflict creation, even when other factors, such as unfair resource allocation, oppression, occupation, and injustice, are the real roots of conflict.” They said, “The basis of our faiths, as expressed in the call to get to know each other and the two commandments to love God and to love the neighbor provide a solid ground for our common responsibility to act and address common concerns.” The meeting at the Geneva centre, which houses the World Council of Churches and other Christian organizations, was convened by the WCC, the Libyan-based World Islamic Call Society, the Jordanian-based Royal Aal al Bayt Institute, and the Consortium of “A Common Word,” a group that includes Muslim scholars from around the world. Your Responses (1)
Ernest Guzman
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San Antonio, Texas I am aghast and appalled that we should co-ordinate anything with Muslims; Anyone so inclined would do well to re-read the Holy Gospels, and then read the Koran .... |
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