But man contains both good and evil. The Pope is not attempting to dialog with the evil that lies at the core of Islam, but is rather appealing to the vestiges of goodness within some of its aherents. Although my knowledge of the Koran is superficial, it does seem that Islam, unlike Christianity and Judaism, is incompatable with reason.
Therefore, the seeds of reason can weaken Islam's death-grip on at least some fortunate souls.
Therefore, the seeds of reason can weaken Islam's death-grip on at least some fortunate souls.
Thank you for pointing this out!
ROMA, August 29, 2006 – A ten-point plan “for a definitive peace in the Middle East” has been making the rounds for a few days in the Vatican and in the embassies, and has arrived on the pope’s desk.
The author is a Jesuit who was born in Egypt and has lived in Lebanon, a professor at the Université Saint Joseph in Beirut, at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome, and at the Centre de Théologie Sèvres in Paris, and founder and director of the Centre de Documentation et de Recherches Arabes Chrétiennes in Lebanon: Fr. Samir Khalil Samir.
Benedict XVI knows him and highly respects him. In September of 2005, the pope held a closed-door seminar at Castel Gandolfo with Samir and other scholars of Islam, on the concept of God in the Qur’an.
“A Decalogue for Peace in the Middle East” - Leading scholar of Islam submits proposal to Vatican