Cairo:  Al Azhar, the Sunni world’s most influential institution, is set to stay away from a high-profile meeting of Muslim and Catholic scholars due later this year in Rome to improve relations between Islam and Christianity, Al Azhar clergymen said. They said their absence was because they were not invited to participate in the previous preparatory sessions nor the high-profile …

The Vatican’s top man for relations with Islam on Tuesday criticised the Archbishop of Canterbury as mistaken and “naive” for suggesting that some aspects of Sharia law in Britain were unavoidable. Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, in a wide-ranging discussion with reporters about Christian-Muslim relations, also said he was confident that a new, permanent body between the Vatican and Muslims would help …

Pope Benedict XVI has blessed the creation of a permanent instrument of dialogue between Catholic and Muslim theologians and religious figures. The first Catholic-Muslim Forum will be held in Rome on November 4-6, the Vatican announced on March 5. The agreement was reached between representatives of the Holy See and five members of a delegation representing the “moderate wing of …

ROME, March 11 (Reuters) – The Vatican’s top man for relations with Islam on Tuesday criticised the Archbishop of Canterbury as mistaken and “naive” for suggesting that some aspects of Sharia law in Britain were unavoidable. Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, in a wide-ranging discussion with reporters about Christian-Muslim relations, also said he was confident that a new, permanent body between the …

On Wednesday of last week twenty-four Catholic and Muslim leaders announced a forum in Rome to facilitate discussions spurned by the Muslim-initiatied A Common Word (ACW) letter. The topics to be addressed at the 4-6 November 2008 forum under the theme, “Love of God, Love of Neighbour,” include: “Theological and Spiritual Foundations,” and “Human Dignity and Mutual Respect.” Pope Benedict …

Christian and Muslim leaders met this past week to launch the National Muslim-Christian Initiative in North America aimed at facilitating greater understanding between the two religious communities. The initiative was sparked by concerns from both Christians and Muslims over misrepresentations of Islam and stereotypes of Muslims in North America. It was also encouraged by an unprecedented letter last year from …

Pope Benedict XVI will host landmark Catholic-Muslim talks in November to improve ties between the two religions. The announcement was made in a joint statement after a two-day meeting between senior Vatican and Muslim leaders in Rome. Catholic-Muslim relations soured after a 2006 speech in Germany in which the Pope quoted a 14th Century Byzantine emperor’s criticisms of Islam. The …

Catholics, Muslims agree on forum aimed at easing tensions VATICAN CITY – Catholic and Muslims leaders announced a new Catholic-Muslim Forum to regularize dialogue between the two faiths and sooth lingering tensions sparked by a papal speech in late 2006. The initiative’s first effort will be a two-day summit at the Vatican in November on the theme of “Love of …

Religion: Muslim “A Common Word” statement and the Christian response spark as much controversy as they hope to resolve After years, indeed centuries, of hostility, is a new and friendlier era in Muslim-Christian relations emerging? That seems as improbable as the starting point for such a prospect: Muslim ire over a 2006 lecture by Pope Benedict. His talk provoked an …

After much anticipation, a Muslim delegation representing the “Common Word” Muslim appeal for a theological dialogue between Christianity and Islam finally came to the Vatican. The five-member delegation held two days of meetings onMarch 4-5 with the Vatican’s Council for Inter-religious Dialogue to prepare the groundwork for the meeting of representatives a larger delegation. Both sides decided to establish the …

http://www.definingmoment.tv Pope Benedict XVI is demonstrating interfaith leadership by example with the Catholic-Muslim Forum which is now scheduled for November of this year (details below). As with my post on March 6th, congratulations for the pontiff are in order! After his not-so-funny choice of theological quotations infuriated Muslims from around the world, the Pope is dutifully making amends on the …

In an attempt to bring greater understanding between Muslim and Christian faiths, the Vatican has announced a new forum, the first meeting of which will be in November this year. It is hoped The Catholic-Muslim Forum, as it will be called, will meet on a regular basis at the official level to improve the tempestuous relationships that can on occasion …

Spero News – USA An expert on Islam, Rev. Samir Khalil Samir says the new commission on Catholic/Muslim dialogue is a road that must be travelled. The difficulty lies in the lack of central authority for Islam/ and the Shite/Sunni divide. The Commission between Catholics and Muslims, born on March 5th, has been defined as “stable and lasting” and will …

In an attempt to bring greater understanding between Muslim and Christian faiths, the Vatican has announced a new forum, the first meeting of which will be in November this year. It is hoped The Catholic-Muslim Forum, as it will be called, will meet on a regular basis at the official level to improve the tempestuous relationships that can on occasion …

In a ground breaking move Pope Benedict XVI has approved the setting up of a permanent Catholic-Muslim Forum – the first of its kind – which is to hold its inaugural summit meeting in the Vatican in November. The historic move follows three days of talks in Rome between Vatican officials and a Muslim delegation representing 138 Muslim scholars who …

W British Muslims can drown out the minority voices of Islamic extremists by helping to shape the meaning of Britishness, says Government Minister Bill Rammell. The Minister for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education, was in Bradford for the launch of a report into the attitudes of young British Muslims. The report, Forgotten Voices: Developing More Effective Engagement with Muslim …

VATICAN CITY, March 6 (UPI) — The Vatican and a group of Muslim scholars have agreed to establish a permanent Catholic-Muslim Forum and have scheduled an inaugural summit in November. The theme of the first meeting will be “Love God, Love Your Neighbor,” The Times of London reported. Pope Benedict XVI approved the plan after three days of discussions in …

Inédite dans l’histoire des relations interreligieuses, une instance permanente de dialogue entre le Vatican et des dignitaires musulmans représentant plus de 40 pays va se mettre en place dans les prochains mois. La première rencontre de ce Forum catholiques-musulmans se tiendra à Rome du 4 au 6 novembre, ont annoncé les délégations catholique et musulmane réunies au Vatican les 4 …

A permanent Catholic-Muslim Forum has been set up by the Vatican following three days of talks. One indication of the mindset of some Muslims is the statement at the press conference by one Muslim leader who denounced Osama Bin Laden, leader of al Qaeda, and “neoconservatives” as “mad”. Or the statement by Ali Aref Nayed, director of the Royal Islamic …

Paulos Faraj Rahho, the archbishop of the northern city of Mosul, was kidnapped last week by gunmen who already killed his two body guards and a driver in eastern Mosul, some 390 kilometers (242 miles) from Baghdad. “He could easily be killed, and that would be really unfortunate,” said Major-General Mark Hertling, commander of American forces in northern Iraq in …

Source: SBS staff and agencies The Pope is to host a groundbreaking ’summit’ of Muslim and Catholic leaders and scholars as part of a push for dialogue between the religions. Pope Benedict XVI’s ‘Catholic-Muslim Forum’, to be held in Rome in early November, will bring together 24 dignitaries from each faith for discussions on the theme of ‘love God, love your neighbour’. …

VATICAN CITY: The Pope will meet Muslim religious leaders and scholars later this year as part of a push for dialogue between Catholics and Muslims. The meeting will a seminar in Rome on November 4-6. Two dozen leaders and scholars from each side will participate in the Catholic-Muslim forum. Vatican officials have said such a papal audience would be “historic”. …

“in order to further develop Catholic-Muslim dialogue, the participants agreed to establish the ‘Catholic-Muslim Forum’ and to organise the first seminar of the forum in Rome from 4 to 6 November 2008″. VATICAN CITY (VIS) – In the light of the open letter “A Common Word” signed by 138 Muslim scholars, and of Benedict XVI’s response through Cardinal Secretary of …

Catholic News Service (www.catholicnews.com) At the press conference, the Muslim delegates expressed their concern over the Feb. 29 kidnapping of Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho of Mosul, Iraq, and offered their prayers for his release. VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Representatives of the Vatican and of the 138 Muslim scholars who wrote to Pope Benedict XVI last October proposing a …

12:16, March 6th 2008 The Vatican plans to boost the religious dialog between the Catholics and Muslims. Therefore, Pope Benedict XVI announced on Wednesday that he decided to create a new Catholic-Muslim Forum with the main purpose of improving the relations between the two parties.  The decision to create the forum was taken shortly after a delegation of Muslim scholars …

ROME — The Vatican on Wednesday announced a new Catholic-Muslim Forum to try to improve relations between the religions. The announcement came after a delegation of Muslim scholars met with members of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue on Tuesday. In a joint statement issued by the Holy See, the parties said that the forum’s first meeting, a seminar called …

Pope Benedict XVI will host a ground-breaking “summit” of Catholic and Muslim leaders in November, according to a Vatican statement. The first meeting of the “The Catholic-Muslim Forum” will take place on November 4 to 6 in Rome, with 24 religious leaders and scholars from each side, the statement released on Wednesday said. The themes of the first session will …

The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI will host a ground-breaking “summit” of Catholic and Muslim leaders in November. The “Catholic-Muslim Forum” from November 4 to 6, will bring together 24 dignitaries from each faith on the theme of “love God, love your neighbour,” it said. The statement was signed by Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, head of the Vatican council for dialogue …

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict plans to meet later this year with Muslim religious leaders and scholars as part of a push for greater dialogue. The Vatican says two dozen leaders and scholars from each side will participate in a Nov. 4-6 forum in Rome. Muslim scholars wrapped up two days of preparatory talks with the Holy See on Wednesday. …

VATICAN CITY, March 5 (UPI) — Pope Benedict XVI is to meet with Islamic leaders in Rome in November to foster better relations between Roman Catholics and Muslims, Vatican officials said. Talks between Muslim and Vatican representatives were held this week to pave the way for a fall seminar to be attended by two dozen leaders and scholars from both …

The Pope is planning to rehabilitate Martin Luther – whose actions instigated the Protestant Reformation – by arguing that he did not intend to split Christianity but only to purge the Church of corrupt practices. Benedict XVI will issue his findings on the 16th-century German theologian after discussing him at the papal summer residence, Castelgandolfo, during his annual seminar of …

Islam Online PARIS/ROME — Senior Muslim and Vatican scholars meet Tuesday, March 4, in Vatican City to set the stage for a summit between Pope Benedict XVI and a galaxy of Muslim scholars later this year to help bridge the gap between Islam and the Catholic church. “The two-day talks are aimed at working out the details of a landmark …

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI will meet later this year with Muslim religious leaders and scholars as part of a push for dialogue between Catholics and Muslims, the Vatican said Wednesday. The occasion for the meeting will be a Nov. 4-6 seminar in Rome. Two dozen leaders and scholars from each side will participate in the Catholic-Muslim forum. Church …

Announces Seminar “Love of God, Love of Neighbor” VATICAN CITY, MARCH 5, 2008 (Zenit.org) – Here is the communiqué released today by the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue upon concluding a two-day meeting with Muslim scholars in the Vatican in which the religious representative established the Catholic-Muslim Forum. * * * In the light of the Open Letter “A Common …

Rome Pope Benedict XVI plans to meet later this year with Muslim religious leaders and scholars as part of a push for greater dialogue between Catholics and Muslims.  A seminar has been scheduled in Rome for November. Sabina Castelfranco reports from Rome. The Vatican has been eager to improve relations with the Muslim world. For the past two days, preparatory talks …

Rome Pope Benedict XVI plans to meet later this year with Muslim religious leaders and scholars as part of a push for greater dialogue between Catholics and Muslims.  A seminar has been scheduled in Rome for November. Sabina Castelfranco reports from Rome. The Vatican has been eager to improve relations with the Muslim world. For the past two days, preparatory talks …

VATICAN CITY (AFP) — Pope Benedict XVI gave his approval Wednesday to the creation of a permanent Catholic-Muslim interfaith forum that will hold it inaugural meeting this November in Rome, the Vatican said. The initiative was sparked by the pope’s own controversial speech at a German university in 2006, where he appeared to link Islam with violence. The dispute inspired …

Pope Benedict is to hold an unprecedented meeting with Islamic leaders and scholars in Rome in November following an agreement reached on Wednesday to establish a regular official dialogue between the two religions. Theological and social issues, as well as terrorism, will be discussed at the Catholic-Muslim conference which is to be called “Love of God, Love of Neighbour”. It …

Sets Date for Seminar on Love for God and Neighbor VATICAN CITY, MARCH 5, 2008 (Zenit.org) – The first seminar of the newly-established Catholic-Muslim Forum, founded to further relations between the two faiths, will discuss love for God and neighbor this November in Rome. The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue announced this today upon concluding a two-day meeting between representatives …

In a ground breaking move Pope Benedict XVI has approved the setting up of a permanent Catholic-Muslim Forum – the first of its kind – which is to hold its inaugural summit meeting in the Vatican in November. The historic move follows three days of talks in Rome between Vatican officials and a Muslim delegation representing 138 Muslim scholars who …

The first meeting of the “The Catholic-Muslim Forum” will take place on November 4 to 6 in Rome, with 24 religious leaders and scholars from each side, the statement released on Wednesday said. The themes of the first session will be “Love of God, Love of Neighbour”, “Theological and Spiritual Foundation” and “Human Dignity and Mutual Respect”. Benedict will address …

The bishop of Vasai, president of the Indian bishops’ commission for doctrine, comments to AsiaNews on the new forum of dialogue between Catholics and Muslims approved yesterday at the Vatican. In India, the relationship is good because “it is based on social interaction founded upon friendship”. Vasai (AsiaNews) – Only “trust and friendship can improve relations with Islam, because people …

>>Vatican – The Vatican will create an interfaith forum with Muslim leaders and scholars, intended to ease relations between the religions. The first of which, “Love of God, Love of Neighbor,” will be held in Rome in November and will likely be attended by the Pope. Relations between leadership of the two religions have been hindered since the Pope quoted …

VATICAN CITY, March 5 (Reuters) – The Vatican and Muslim leaders agreed on Wednesday to establish a regular official dialogue to improve sometimes difficult relations between the two religions, the Vatican said. The first meeting of the “The Catholic-Muslim Forum” will take place in November in Rome with 24 religious leaders and scholars from each side, a statement said. (Reporting …

Vatican City, (ANSA): A delegation of Muslim leaders met with Vatican officials on Tuesday in a bid to organise a groundbreaking summit for interfaith dialogue later this year.  Jean Louis Tauran, head of the Council for Inter-religious dialogue, is hosting the two-day conference with Muslims from the UK, Jordan, Italy and Turkey who represent a larger group of high-profile Sunni …

Preciosa Dumlao – AHN News Writer Vatican City (AHN) – The Vatican announced on Wednesday Pope Benedict XVI will host a historic “summit” of Catholic and Muslim leaders in November with the aim of establishing a regular dialog between the two religions and improve often difficult relations. The Catholic-Muslim Forum will be attended by 24 religious leaders and scholars from …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Representatives of the Vatican and of the 138 Muslim scholars who wrote to Pope Benedict XVI last October proposing a new dialogue have established the Catholic-Muslim Forum. The forum will sponsor a seminar in Rome Nov. 4-6 with 24 scholars from each side, according to a statement released at the end of a March 4-5 planning …

Vatican City, Mar 5, 2008 / 11:06 am (CNA) – Members of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue met with Muslim leaders March 4 and 5 to establish a ‘Catholic-Muslim Forum’.  The forum’s first seminar will be held in Rome, November 4-6, 2008 and is designed to respond to calls for dialogue between Catholics and Muslims. The meeting, which ended …

Vatican City, Mar 5, 2008 / 02:01 am (CNA) – A delegation of Muslim leaders met with Vatican officials on Thursday to organize a summit for interfaith dialogue later this year, ANSA reports. Cardinal Jean Louis Tauran, head of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, is hosting the two-day organizing conference with a delegation of Muslims from the UK, Jordan, …

Pope Benedict XVI will host landmark Catholic-Muslim talks in November to improve ties between the two religions. The announcement was made in a joint statement after a two-day meeting between senior Vatican and Muslim leaders in Rome. Catholic-Muslim relations soured after a 2006 speech in Germany in which the Pope quoted a 14th Century Byzantine emperor’s criticisms of Islam. The …

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Muslim scholars who have called for greater dialogue with Christians are holding talks at the Vatican to prepare for what church officials say will be an audience with Pope Benedict. The group includes some of the 138 Muslim intellectuals who wrote to Benedict and other Christian leaders last year urging Christians and Muslims to build on …

Rome, Mar 5 (Prensa Latina) The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue said on Wednesday the Vatican will sponsor a meeting with Islamic representatives in November. The First Catholic-Muslim Forum will be held in Rome from November 4-6 to foster interreligious dialogue and pave the way for open bilateral communication, according to a communiqué from the Vatican institute. The press release …

Vatican, Mar. 5, 2008 (CWNews.com) – The Vatican has set a November date for a formal talks with Islamic leaders. After informal talks in Rome on March 4 and 5, Vatican officials and representatives of the “Common Word” initiative agreed to establish a Catholic-Muslim Forum, with an inaugural meeting to take place in Rome on November 4-6. The theme of …

Rome – Vatican officials and a delegation of Muslim leaders announced Wednesday the creation of a “Catholic-Muslim Forum” and to organize its first seminar in Rome from November 4-6. The announcement came following two days of talks five Vatican officials and five Muslim representatives from Italy, Britain, Jordan and Turkey. The theme of the seminar would be “Love of God, …

For a second day, five Muslim leaders and five Vatican officials sat down for talks in Rome to pave the way for what some are billing a historic meeting of the faiths later this year. Pope Benedict XVI, a German theologian, is known for not being a big fan of such airy gatherings, which tend to offer little more than …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, will host a meeting with Muslim representatives in early March to plan a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI and the next step in their dialogue. Sohail Nakhooda, editor in chief of Islamica Magazine in Jordan, said the meeting with Cardinal Tauran was scheduled for March …

Rome – While many Muslims remain hurt by Pope Benedict XVI’s 2006 remarks in Regensburg on Islam, the decision announced Wednesday to create a joint Catholic-Muslim Forum is a ‘welcome sign of hope’, Muslim delegates said after two days of high-level talks with Vatican officials. ‘We all make mistakes and those of big stature make big mistakes,’ one of the …

Vatican City, 5 March (AKI) – Pope Benedict XVI will host a landmark ‘Catholic-Muslim Forum’ in early November, aimed at improving ties between the two faiths, it was announced on Wednesday. The announcement was made in a joint statement after a two-day meeting between senior Vatican and Muslim leaders in Rome. “In order to further develop Catholic-Muslim dialogue, the participants …

ROME, Italy (CNN) — Pope Benedict XVI plans to meet with Muslim scholars and religious leaders this autumn at a Catholic-Muslim seminar in Rome, the Vatican said Wednesday. Two dozen scholars and leaders will be meeting November 4-6. The pope — who will be receiving the seminar participants — is scheduled to meet with Muslim scholars on the last day …

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican and Muslim leaders agreed on Wednesday to establish a regular official dialogue to improve often difficult relations between the two religions. A joint statement said the first meeting of the “The Catholic-Muslim Forum” will take place on Nov. 4-6 in Rome with 24 religious leaders and scholars from each side. It said the themes …

Vatican, Mar. 4, 2008 (CWNews.com) – Five representatives of the “Common Word” initiative are in Rome this week, meeting with Vatican officials to prepare for a meeting at which Pope Benedict XVI (bio – news) will speak with Islamic leaders. The “Common Word” initiative originated with an appeal from 135 Islamic leaders for a deeper dialogue with Christians. Pope Benedict …

A group of Muslim scholars who have called for greater dialogue with Christians have started two days of talks with Vatican officials to prepare for an official audience with Pope Benedict XVI. The delegation wrote to the pope and other Christian leaders last year urging both religions to develop their common ground of belief in one God. Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, …

Muslim representatives are in Rome this week to begin two days of talks with Vatican officials that they hope will lead to a milestone Catholic-Islamic meeting. The talks, to begin on Tuesday, will see five Muslim leaders and five Vatican representatives come together to discuss the plans for a larger meeting later on this year, to be joined by Pope …

Today a meeting begins between the Vatican dicastery for interreligious dialogue and a group representing the signatories of the letter “A common word between us and you”. It is a discussion of great significance, a preparation for a meeting between the Muslims and Benedict XVI. Vatican City (AsiaNews) – To seek the paths for “affirming the values of reciprocal respect, …

Vatican City: Senior Muslim representatives and Vatican officials are set to meet this week, a move they hope will give way to a larger Catholic-Islamic meeting. The meeting between five representatives from each side will commence in Rome on Tuesday and will last two days to discuss the details of a high profile meeting which will include Pope Benedict late …

Senior figures from each religion will discuss details of the planned talks, due to involve Pope Benedict XVI. Catholic-Muslim relations soured after a 2006 speech in Germany, in which the Pope quoted a 14th Century Byzantine emperor’s criticisms of Islam. The Regensburg speech provoked Muslim fury and triggered protests worldwide. But it also prompted 138 Muslim scholars to launch an …

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI will host a ground-breaking “summit” of Catholic and Muslim leaders in November, the Vatican said Wednesday. The conference from November 6 to 8 will take place just over a year after 138 Muslim leaders from various sects from 43 countries issued an open letter last year urging peace. That move came one year after …

Pope Benedict is to meet with Muslim reps for talk-outs regarding Catholic-Muslim relations. I wonder what under heaven’s name the Pope will talk about. He has already stated in an address that Islam is a dangerous entity. Franklin Graham, son of evangelist Billy Graham and founder of Samaritan’s Purse as well as CEO of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, wrote in …

Meeting with pope could follow; cardinal hopes for ‘historic’ breakthrough VATICAN CITY – Muslim scholars who have called for greater dialogue with Christians began two days of talks Tuesday with the Vatican to prepare for what church officials say will be a historic audience with Pope Benedict XVI. The group includes representatives of 138 Muslim scholars and intellectuals who wrote …

In response to Pope Benedict XVI’s well publicised 2006 Regensburg address in which some mildly critical observations were offered in relation to Islam, 138 Muslim religious and political leaders at the end of Ramadan last year sent out a remarkable open letter, entitled A Common Word between Us and You. The letter was addressed to the Pope, 20 Orthodox Patriarchs …

A reader sent me this link on the Economist: This week saw the latest such attempt at an exchange of ideas, as an open letter from leading Muslim scholars to the Jewish community was unveiled in Cambridge, Britain. It follows a somewhat similar initiative that was launched last October, when 138 leading Muslims wrote to the leaders of the Christian …

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Muslim representatives and Vatican officials begin talks this week that they hope will lead to an unprecedented Catholic-Islamic meeting. Five representatives from each side will meet on Tuesday for two days in Rome to work out the details of a larger meeting that will include Pope Benedict later this year. “We have to bring the dialogue …

http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com On March 4th, Mount Vernon Nazarene University will bring Walter Brueggemann (Professor Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary) to speak as part of their year long Lecture/Artist series. (1) Brueggemann is a proponent of contemplative/emergent spirituality as are other speakers that have been brought to MVNU in the past. Two weeks ago, the university invited Shane Claiborne to speak after …

In an era when the relationship between Christianity and Islam “is at the lowest point it has been since the Crusades,” a Yale Divinity School scholar called for humility and charity in an attempt to find common ground between the two global religions. Miroslav Volf, professor of systematic theology at Yale, addressed the topic of Christian-Muslim relations in the annual …

In the last edition, we featured the letter written by 138 Islamic leaders suggesting that the same God is served by Christians and Moslems alike; and that a Common fundamental principle links the two dominant monotheistic faith together, compelling that they close ranks and launching out from a kind of hybrid faith, jointly square up to the task of making …

http://theologica.blogspot.com Rick Love is the former International Director for Frontiers, an “international non-profit organization, recruiting, sending and serving teams of ordinary people for long-term service to the communities of the Muslim world.” He is presently on sabbatical as a Post Doctoral Fellow in the Yale Reconciliation Program. Rick and I have enjoyed good fellowship together during my time at Bethlehem …

Invariably, human nature being what it is, there are always serious disconnects between accepted theory and practice. The disconnect is often so pervasive that only individuals not invested in the theory’s promulgation can see the glaring red arrow pointing at the disconnect. This disconnect, once exposed, is immediately hidden. Case in point: A Common Word Between Us and You Letter …

http://misskelly.typepad.com I’vw written earlier about my reservations on the letter sent by 138 Muslims to Pope Benedict, “A Common Word Between Us and You.”  I recognized several of the names, and I distrusted their words and intentions.   Patrick Poole found quite damning evidence of duplicity by one of the co-signers, Sheikh Said Hijjawi, and the very institute that produced the …

Patrick Poole, in “What the Islamic Scholars Forgot to Tell the Pope” at Pajamas Media, has uncovered even more evidence that the much-celebrated “Common Word” document from last October was not a sincere effort at interfaith outreach, but was solely designed to fool the credulous. Last October, the international media establishment was abuzz over a letter sent by 138 Islamic …

IN JUST about every dialogue between the great religions of the world there are points of striking commonality and points of sharp contrast. Both extremes are almost certain to come up whenever Muslims and Jews get together and try talking theology. This week saw the latest such attempt at an exchange of ideas, as an open letter from leading Muslim …

Islamic scholars recently sent a letter to Pope Benedict lauding the common bonds between Muslims and Christians. Patrick Poole warns that the institute sponsoring the letter also issues fatwas condemning apostates and religious freedom. Last October, the international media establishment was abuzz over a letter sent by 138 Islamic scholars representing the elite of the worldwide ulema to Pope Benedict, …

Boulder, CO,  / 03:18 pm (CNA) – George Weigel, Catholic thinker and biographer of Pope John Paul II, delivered a lecture on Thursday on religion and world politics in which he argued that Pope Benedict XVI has provided a unique model for global understanding between Christianity, Western secularism and Islam.  In the lecture, Weigel also called on Muslim leaders engaged …

Filed under: Terrorism, Islam, Christianity, Islamic Radicals When I proposed in my book The Enemy at Home (newly out in paperback) that America should ally with traditional Muslims to defeat the radical Muslims, some conservatives reacted with amazement. Where, these savants inquired, are the traditional Muslims? Clearly the exposure of some on the right to the Muslim world was limited …

Evangelical Christian leader Chuck Colson says a move by Muslim clerics calling for interfaith cooperation to achieve world peace has no merit until Islamic scholars renounce violence.    More than 250 Christian leaders signed an official response to “A Common Word Between Us and You” — a document drafted by 138 Muslim scholars and clerics. The document calls for dialogue …

SAINT PAUL, Minn., Feb. 16 /Christian Newswire/ — Last November, many of America’s top Christian leaders and scholars signed onto a response of support to “A Common Word Between Us and You.” “A Common Word,” as it has come to be called, was a letter sent to Christian leaders and signed by 138 Muslim scholars and clerics calling for “Inter-Faith” …

http://acommonword.blogspot.com As of 18 February 2008, the fatwas discussed here are no longer posted on the altafsir.com website. Instead the link given below to what was the apostasy fatwas now takes the reader to a page which states ‘No questions were asked concerning this topic.’ (in Arabic) The Apostasy Fatwas and ‘A Common Word Between Us and You’ [email protected] Introduction …

The leader of the Copts surrendering, bowed, to ‘Ali amidst the scattered decapitated heads, and severed torsos of the Coptic forces. A miniature painting from a seventeenth century manuscript of Khavarnama, a poem on the legendary warlike deeds of ‘Ali. Mark Durie explains the deliberately deceitful, Islamic supremacist agenda behind “A Common Word Between Us and You”, the much ballyhooed …

WATERTOWN – Some events deserve much more attention than they receive. That certainly holds true of the letter “A Common Work Between Us and You,” sent last October by 138 Muslim leaders and scholars to the pope and other leaders of Christian churches. This initiative has come from a wide array of Muslims, including both Shia and Sunnis, government and …

Remember that letter the Muslim leaders sent to the Christian community that many Christian leaders rushed to accept. Well, some are having second thoughts. Administrators from one of the most influential evangelical colleges in the country removed their names from a controversial letter addressed to Muslim leaders that some say compromises the Christian faith. Wheaton College president Duane Litfin, provost …

An open-letter exchange between Muslim and Christian leaders has prompted both praise and criticism from evangelicals. In October, 138 Muslim scholars and clerics representing the major branches of Islam released “A Common Word Between Us and You,” a document inviting Christians to interfaith dialogue on behalf of peace. In response, scholars at Yale Divinity School’s Center for Faith and Culture …

Administrators from one of the most influential evangelical colleges in the US have removed their names from a controversial letter addressed to Muslim leaders that some say compromises the Christian faith. Nearly 300 Christian leaders added their signatures last November to an official response “A Common Word Between Us and You”, a letter sent to Christian leaders in October by …

by Gary Bauer It is time for those interested in peace between Muslims and Christians to face some cold, hard facts.  This is not the first Jihad.  This is not the first Holy War.  And any road to peace and mutual understanding must first travel back in time to acknowledge the historical truths about how conflicts between radical Islam and …

Administrators from one of the most influential evangelical colleges in the country removed their names from a controversial letter addressed to Muslim leaders that some say compromises the Christian faith. Wheaton College president Duane Litfin, provost Stanton Jones and chaplain Stephen Kellough decided to back away from the letter that they had originally endorsed along with nearly 300 Christian leaders …

Wheaton College administrators remove their names from controversial document. The president and two other administrators of prestigious Wheaton College have asked that their names be removed from a controversial statement staking out so-called common ground between Christians and Muslims. President Duane Litfin made the announcement in Friday’s edition of The Record student newspaper, saying he’d “moved too quickly” in endorsing …

“My eagerness to support the statement’s strengths caused me to move too quickly,” president Duane Litfin tells student newspaper. Ted Olsen The Wheaton College student newspaper, The Record, reports today that the influential evangelical college’s president, provost, and chaplain have removed their names from a letter to Muslim leaders that has attracted criticism in some quarters. “Loving God and Neighbor …

1. Muslim Scholars Appeal to Christian Scholars for Dialogue and Peace – “A Common Word” document issued in October by 138 Internationally known Muslim scholars from all schools of law. And, these same scholars followed this up with an historic Christmas greetings message, and accepted a dialogue invitation from the Vatican. 2. A number of important breakthroughs in Sunni-Shia relations …