Monday, May 11, 2009

Pope calls for cooperation between Christians and Muslims

Pope Benedict XVI, speaking at a mosque in Amman, Jordan, also expresses concern about the discrimination that he says Christians and others face in Muslim nations such as Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
By Jeffrey Fleishman
May 10, 2009

Reporting from Amman, Jordan -- Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday called on Christians and Muslims to serve mankind with the "light of God's truth" and warned that extremists in nations such as Iraq were exploiting religious differences for political and violent agendas.

"Tensions and divisions between the followers of different religious traditions, sadly, cannot be denied," said the pontiff, whose three-day pilgrimage to Jordan is partly an attempt to mend relations with the Muslim world."However, is it not also the case that often it is the ideological manipulation of religion, sometimes for political ends, that is the real catalyst for tension and division, and at times even violence in society?" the rest

1 Comments:

At 8:04 AM, Blogger Unknown said...

Peace between the 2 religions claiming worldwide domination- Cristianaity and Islam -can be achived by both accepting and teaching :
peoples right to different belives
do not impose your religion on others
work for poeple benefits on the current live and not the next one
I hardly belive in such major changes
And their stand toward Jew- with the
non converting narative :
Stop the christianity and Islam history long hate doctrine toward jews
I hardly belive in such major change

 

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