COMMON WORD - OCT 2008
‘A Small Miracle’
21 October 2008
Published in NEWSWEEK
By Stryker McGuire
Muslim leaders from 40 nations say they're making progress to diminish the influence of extremists.
A year ago, 138 Muslim leaders from 40 nations addressed a plea for interfaith dialogue to the leaders of the world's Christian churches in a bid to diminish the influence of extremism around the world. That initiative, "A Common Word Between Us and You," led to a conference between Muslim and U.S. Protestant leaders at Yale University last summer and another last week with Church of England leaders at Cambridge University, to be followed next month by a meeting with Roman Catholic leaders at the Vatican. Ali Gomaa, who as the grand mufti (chief Islamic jurist) in Cairo is the senior Sunni Muslim figure in Egypt, was one of the Common Word signatories. He presided over the Cambridge conference with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. newsweek's Stryker McGuire interviewed Gomaa at a local hotel. At one point, their chat was interrupted by a carpenter's power saw. "That noise," joked Gomaa, "is from the sphere of terrorism." Excerpts:
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By Stryker McGuire
Muslim leaders from 40 nations say they're making progress to diminish the influence of extremists.
A year ago, 138 Muslim leaders from 40 nations addressed a plea for interfaith dialogue to the leaders of the world's Christian churches in a bid to diminish the influence of extremism around the world. That initiative, "A Common Word Between Us and You," led to a conference between Muslim and U.S. Protestant leaders at Yale University last summer and another last week with Church of England leaders at Cambridge University, to be followed next month by a meeting with Roman Catholic leaders at the Vatican. Ali Gomaa, who as the grand mufti (chief Islamic jurist) in Cairo is the senior Sunni Muslim figure in Egypt, was one of the Common Word signatories. He presided over the Cambridge conference with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. newsweek's Stryker McGuire interviewed Gomaa at a local hotel. At one point, their chat was interrupted by a carpenter's power saw. "That noise," joked Gomaa, "is from the sphere of terrorism." Excerpts:
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Christians and Muslims condemn violence
17 October 2008
Published in Church Times
By: Bill Bowder
ISLAMIC and Christian leaders and scholars condemned religious viol ence in a communiqué issued on Wednesday at Lambeth Palace, at the end of a three-day conference to mark the first anniversary of the Muslim letter “A Common Word”.
In a two-page text, 17 religious leaders and scholars from Europe and the Middle East say they are “deeply troubled” by the threats to the Christian community in Mosul, northern Iraq.
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By: Bill Bowder
ISLAMIC and Christian leaders and scholars condemned religious viol ence in a communiqué issued on Wednesday at Lambeth Palace, at the end of a three-day conference to mark the first anniversary of the Muslim letter “A Common Word”.
In a two-page text, 17 religious leaders and scholars from Europe and the Middle East say they are “deeply troubled” by the threats to the Christian community in Mosul, northern Iraq.
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Muslim, Christian leaders take up global issues at high-level London meeting
15 October 2008
Published in EpiscopalLife
By: Matthew Davies
A multi-national group of Christian and Muslim leaders, including the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Grand Mufti of Egypt, concluded a three-day meeting at Lambeth Palace October 15 with a firm recognition of the need for deeper understanding and mutual respect as they increasingly find themselves drawn together by globalization and interdependence.
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By: Matthew Davies
A multi-national group of Christian and Muslim leaders, including the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Grand Mufti of Egypt, concluded a three-day meeting at Lambeth Palace October 15 with a firm recognition of the need for deeper understanding and mutual respect as they increasingly find themselves drawn together by globalization and interdependence.
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Clerics say human greed to blame for global crisis
15 October 2008
Published in The National
By: David Sapsted, Foreign Correspondent
Muslim and Christian leaders yesterday called on world governments to take action to protect the poor from the current global economic crisis.
The call came at the end of a three-day conference between leading clerics and scholars from the two faiths in Cambridge, aimed at fostering peace and understanding between the two religions.
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By: David Sapsted, Foreign Correspondent
Muslim and Christian leaders yesterday called on world governments to take action to protect the poor from the current global economic crisis.
The call came at the end of a three-day conference between leading clerics and scholars from the two faiths in Cambridge, aimed at fostering peace and understanding between the two religions.
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Rowan Williams says "human greed" to blame for financial crisis
15 October 2008
Published in TIMESONLINE
By: Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent
The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams today blamed “human greed” for the financial crisis.
He joined Muslim leaders from around the world in calling for world leaders to work together to prevent the burden of the financial crisis from falling on “the weak and the poor.”
Dr Williams joined the Grant Mufti of Egypt Dr Ali Gomaa at Lambeth Palace in London to launch the communique from a meeting earlier this week in Cambridge, described by participants as “the most significant gathering of international Muslim leaders ever to take place in the United Kingdom.”
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By: Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent
The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams today blamed “human greed” for the financial crisis.
He joined Muslim leaders from around the world in calling for world leaders to work together to prevent the burden of the financial crisis from falling on “the weak and the poor.”
Dr Williams joined the Grant Mufti of Egypt Dr Ali Gomaa at Lambeth Palace in London to launch the communique from a meeting earlier this week in Cambridge, described by participants as “the most significant gathering of international Muslim leaders ever to take place in the United Kingdom.”
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Communiqué from A Common Word conference
15 October 2008
Published on The Archbishop of Canterbury
Website
We, the Christian and Muslim leaders and scholars gathered for the Conference on A Common Word and Future Muslim-Christian Engagement from 12 to 15 October 2008AD/1429AH, give thanks to Almighty God for the opportunity to meet together and grow in mutual understanding, trust and friendship.
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We, the Christian and Muslim leaders and scholars gathered for the Conference on A Common Word and Future Muslim-Christian Engagement from 12 to 15 October 2008AD/1429AH, give thanks to Almighty God for the opportunity to meet together and grow in mutual understanding, trust and friendship.
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