Muslims and Christians have not always shaken hands in friendship; their relations have sometimes been tense, even characterized by outright hostility. Since Jesus Christ says, “First take the log out your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbor’s eye” (Matthew 7:5), we want to begin by acknowledging that in the past (e.g. in the Crusades) and in the present (e.g. in excesses of the “war on terror”) many Christians have been guilty of sinning against our Muslim neighbors.
The first was a response to Islamic imperialism and conquest, the second is a lie when it is characterized as a "Christian" war on terror and when it is criticized as "excessive".
“Muslims and Christians together make up well over half of the world’s population. Without peace and justice between these two religious communities, there can be no meaningful peace in the world.”
Six billion people in the world. 3 billion muslims and Christians? I don't think so.
And considering how there is not freedom of religion in the muslim nations, those numbers are inflated by those who MUST worship the "one" faith.
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I don’t recommend clicking the link to the ‘A Common Word’ embedded above in the article as a reference to what the 138 Muslim clerics wrote. Once activated, the website www.acommonword.com is entered and about 5 seconds later a popup window comes up demanding the reader’s information and endorsement of the Muslim message. It is not known what other information is transmitted if endorsed or escaped, but it is not considered a trustworthy transaction.
Alex,..were you aware of the embedded link in the phrase “October statement”? Anybody trace it’s activity separately?
Someone needs to ping the FR Rick Warren fan club.