Category - inter-faith

Faith communities encouraged to seek the truth about Iraq

staff writers — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:18:35 +0000

Faith communities in Britain have been urged to ask the British government tough questions about abuses in Iraq and to seek a public enquiry to determine what has happened in the years succeeding the invasion and occupation.

Malaysian opposition says government misusing Islam to compromise pluralism

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:21:35 +0000

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has said multi-racial harmony in his country is under threat by State-sponsored Islamic puritanism that has damaged the constitutional rights of other faiths in the Muslim-majority nation

Alex Salmond launches Scottish inter-faith week

staff writers — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:13:02 +0000

Scotland's first minister Alex Salmond is this weekend launching a Scottish Inter-Faith Week, during which people from across the country are being invited to meet their neighbours and to build new friendships.

Tripoli inter-faith meeting seeks improved Christian-Muslim relations

Ecumenical News International — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 23:08:43 +0100

African religious leaders meeting in the Libyan capital Tripoli from 27 to 30 August 2007 have praised a more than 25-year-long dialogue between Libya and the Vatican as a positive contribution to good relations between Christianity and Islam.

Global migration identified as a major issue for the churches

staff writers — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:46:58 +0100

The impact of global migration on the church and on the most vulnerable is the theme of a 6-8 June 2007 conference in Nairobi, Kenya, oganized by the Global Ecumenical Network on Migration (GEM).

Christians and Muslims in Germany renew dialogue after spat

Ecumenical News International — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:42:34 +0100

After the cancellation of a February 2007 inter-faith meeting becuase of a row about a 2006 church document, Protestnats and Muslims in Germany have renewed their public dialogue again - though tensions remain.

Retiring PM Blair plans to encourage inter-faith cooperation

staff writers — Fri, 11 May 2007 00:20:13 +0100

Tony Blair announced today that he will stand down as British prime minister on 27 June 2007. He is setting up a foundation whose work will include reconciliation between Christians, Jews and Muslims. The idea is meeting a mixed response.

Muslims, Christians and the global human challenge

Simon Barrow — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 01:22:59 +0100

Simon Barrow gives an overview of three scholarly contributions by Kenneth Cragg, perhaps the world's leading interpreter of the relations between the Semitic faiths and their encounters with Western culture.