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=== News Update ===
Muslims ask Christians to look at violent history
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Muslim scholars have called for a reassessment of the past, and for the
churches to face up to their own history of violence in a frank re-
assessment of the historical relations between the two faiths
Pope Benedict XVI has told diplomats from Islamic countries that the
peace of the world relies upon them learning to respect one another, to
discuss differences constructively, and to recognise the call within
both faiths to reject violence decisively.
In response, Muslim scholars have called for a reassessment of the past,
and for the churches to face up to their own history of violence in a
frank re-assessment of the historical relations between the two faiths.
The Pope’s plea came in a special meeting on 25 September 2006 with
Islamic leaders at the pontiff’s residence, in which the leader of the
world’s 1.2 billion Catholics stressed his respect for Muslims,
following a furore about a speech in which he quoted a 14th century
Christian emperor who referred to "evil and inhuman" aspects of the
religion.
"I should like to reiterate today all the esteem and the profound
respect that I have for Muslim believers," Pope Benedict told the
ambassadors of Islamic countries accredited to the Holy See, as well as
representatives of various Muslim communities in Italy.
For the sake of the world, Christians and Muslims needed to learn to
work together, Pope Benedict declared, "to guard against all forms of
intolerance and to oppose all manifestations of violence".
Pope Benedict XVI's reference to dark aspects in Islam's history also
opened up fresh examinations of its own past as conqueror, inquisitor
and patron of missionaries whose zeal sometimes led to harsh actions
against those of other faiths, points out Brian Murphy of Associated
Press.
Many Islamic leaders have appealed, in turn, for onlookers not to judge
their faith's nearly 1,400-year history solely by modern calls for ‘holy
war’, which they say is a clear distortion of the Qur’an’s teaching
about jihad as a spiritual struggle, and Muslim rage over Benedict's 12
September speech in Germany.
"There is this impression among Muslims that the pope was saying, 'We
are superior and we are without problems,'" explained Ali El-Samman,
president of the interfaith committee for Egypt's High Islamic Council.
"The history books will tell you otherwise."
In recent years the Vatican has tried to clear away some of its
historical baggage, says Murphy. This includes a well-publicised (but
subsequently overlooked) 2001 apology by Pope John Paul II for the
medieval Crusades, which are widely seen both by Muslims and Orthodox
Christians as Western invasions.
Meanwhile, a professor of Islamic law at Qatar University, Muhammad
Ayash al-Kubaisi, has proposed on the website of the Al-Jazeera
television that Christians should study their own turbulent past and
that a constructive way forward might be a public debate about the
history of Muslim-Christian relations.
In 1099 Christian crusaders captured Jerusalem and began wholesale
attacks on its population, including Muslims and Jews, historians say.
At the same time in other parts of the Muslim world, a golden age had
its intellectual hub in Baghdad.
In the early 13th century, Crusaders sacked Constantinople, the ancient
centre of Greek-led Byzantium, in part to use the plunder to fund more
forays into Muslim lands. The Byzantine Empire never fully recovered
from the blow.
"No religion is without their unholy periods," commented the Rev Khalil
Samir, a Vatican envoy for interfaith links in Lebanon. "To admit this
is an important step to real understanding and dialogue."
source:
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?
idcategory=33&idSub=128&idArticle=5696
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-muslim voice-
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