Between a rock and a jihad place?
June 9, 2008 The Guardian – UK
Riaza Butt, The Guardian’s religious affairs correspondent, writes in the wake of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia’s international Islamic conference for dialogue, which, despite its intent to foster inclusive Middle East-West conversation, featured prominent clerics defending the position that “cooperation with the west…is totally untenable.” Nevertheless, Butt sees hope in the conference and its attempt to reconcile at least superficially with the Christian world. Meaningful dialogue, though, “has to be about how people of different religions can live together without antagonising each other,” much more than just a mutual understanding. Take a look at Butt’s view of the steps King Abdullah’s conference has taken towards reconciliation – and the ones left to go to achieve realistic Christian-Muslim dialogue.
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