A United Nations of Religions

I read an interesting article on the BBC website today entitled ” Rabbi calls for ‘UN of religions’“. At present, the International Congress of Imams and Rabbis for Peace are holding a three day conference in Spain. The Congress is comprised of both Jewish and Muslim clerical leaders, and this in its own right, is something that most of us don’t generally hear about.

Our perception through the media is that Jews and Muslims, especially from a religious aspect, don’t see eye-to-eye. Yet here is a group of religious leaders willing to meet and discuss issues not only from a religious perspective, but also a global and political one. From the news report, it appears that these Jewish and Muslim religious leaders are quite capable of putting their religious beliefs aside, and try to come up with viable solutions to problems.

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