Posted on 11/08/2016 5:40:08 PM PST by marshmallow
Vatican City, Nov 8, 2016 / 12:18 am (CNA/EWTN News).- There is a roadmap for dialogue with Islam, and its three landmarks are peace, justice and education, says a leading bishop on the subject.
Bishop Miguel Ayuso Guixot, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, explained: on a theological level, differences still remain, and they are known. Beyond any theological difference, however, we take each others hand, to build together the common good.
There is a diverse and rich dialogue with many Islamic institutions, the bishop told CNA Nov. 4.
Bishop Ayuso discussed how the dialogue with Islamic institutions is progressing. He gave special mention to the restoration of relations between the Holy See and the Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, which, along with its companion university, is the most prominent institution of Sunni Islam.
Al-Azhar had broken relations with the Holy See back in 2011, when the Grand Imam Ahmed el-Tayeb labeled Pope Benedict XVIs reaction to Christmas attacks on Alexandria churches as interference in Egyptian internal affairs.
Only this year has the Holy See succeeded in restoring dialogue with this institution. Bishop Ayuso made a first visit to Al-Azhar on Feb. 16 and met with the Mosques deputy imam, Abbas Shuman.
Then the Grand Imam el Tayeb came to visit Pope Francis in the Vatican on May 23. There, he decried Islamic extremist attacks against both Christians and Muslims.
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Not paying attention to 1400 years of Christian persecution by Mohammedans.
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+1 means I agree - so thumbs up for a good comment, so....
Thank you.
The real cause. Vatican II.
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