Muslims, Catholics Join to Promote Peace

ROME, FEB. 26, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Muslims and Catholics have much in common when it comes to beliefs about peace, decided participants at an interreligious meeting: Both faiths consider that peace should permeate all aspects of life. This was a conclusion from the Joint Committee for Dialogue of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and the…

Yale hosts high-level Christian-Muslim dialogue

By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor Senior Christian and Muslim scholars and leaders are meeting in the United States this week seeking common ground in their different faiths to foster better understanding between Islam and the West. Hosted by Yale University Divinity School, the conference is the first public dialogue launched by Muslim intellectuals in the…

Saudi king shuns extremism as faiths gather

By Andrew HayWed Jul 16, 4:44 PM ET Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah called on followers of the world’s major faiths to turn away from extremism and seek reconciliation as he opened an unprecedented interfaith conference in Madrid on Wednesday. The Saudi-sponsored gathering aims to draw Muslims, Jews and Christians closer together and isolate those who…

Muslims and Catholics to meet in Rome in the spring

Muslim scholars and leaders stated in their letter to the Holy See: “As Muslims and in obedience to the Holy Quran, we ask Christians to come together with us on the common essentials of our two religions… Let this common ground be the basis of all future interfaith dialogue between us.”LOS ANGELES (Catholic Online) –…

Iran belongs to world’s “nuclear club,”: cleric

Fri May 7, 8:46 am ET TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran has entered the world’s “nuclear club” and major powers should accept it, an influential cleric told worshippers on Friday, underlining Tehran’s defiance in a dispute with the West over its atomic activities. Ahmad Khatami, a conservative hard-liner in the clerical establishment, also warned the major powers that Iran could…