Re: [Biofuel] Open letter from Islam to Christianity
congrats to you Kieth always on the ball Irv -Original Message- From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Oct 21, 2007 6:58 AM To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Open letter from Islam to Christianity Stephen R Walmsley wrote: Perhaps they should state they deplore the attacks of 911. or do they? You read it then, did you? I'll bet you didn't. So you expect them to apologise for 9/11? Do you feel that Islam is to blame for it? And you think that's what this is all about? Might it not perhaps have a little to do with all the toxic Islamo-fascist -cum-War of Civilisations etc etc etc crusader BS that gets flung about by US nutcases these days? Would you have preferred it if they'd waited for the US to apologise for that first? Or maybe for what your war criminals have been doing in Iraq and Afghanistan and have got the hots for doing in Iran too? But the Muslims are the guilty ones, eh? The full letter's here, why don't you give it a read? http://www.divinity.cam.ac.uk/cip/documents/COMMONWORDFINAL091007.pdf Keith -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Molloy Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 6:26 PM To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: [Biofuel] Open letter from Islam to Christianity 138 Muslim Scholars Issue Open Letter to Christian Religious Leaders | IslamToday / Agencies| 11 October 2007 138 of the world's leading Muslim scholars and intellectuals from all branches of Islam (Sunni and Shia, Salafi and Sufi, liberal and conservative) had come together to write a letter entitled A Common Word Between Us and You, to the world's Christian leaders. The drafting of the letter was organized by the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought in Amman, Jordan. Though its message has been said by Muslim scholars many times before, it is the first time so many high-profile Muslims have come together in public to make such a unified call for peace. The letter was launched first in Jordan this morning, and then in other countries over the course of the day, the letter gets its final unveiling at a joint press conference in Washington D.C. this afternoon by Mustafa Ceric, Grand Mufti of Bosnia, and John Esposito, Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. In a display of unprecedented unity, the letter - which calls for peace between the world's Christians and Muslims - is signed by no fewer than 19 current and former grand ayatollahs and grand muftis from countries as diverse as Egypt, Turkey, Russia, Syria, Jordan, and Palestine. War-torn Iraq was represented by both Shi'ites and Sunnis. It is addressed to Christianity's most powerful leaders, including the pope, the archbishop of Canterbury and the heads of the Lutheran, Methodist and Baptist churches, and, in 15 pages laced with Qur'anic and Biblical scriptures, argues that the most fundamental tenets of Islam and Christianity are identical: love of one (and the same) God, and love of one's neighbor. On this basis the letter reasons that harmony between the two religions is not only necessary for world peace, it is natural. As Muslims, we say to Christians that we are not against them and that Islam is not against them - so long as they do not wage war against Muslims on account of their religion, oppress them and drive them out of their homes . Our very eternal souls are all at stake if we fail to sincerely make every effort to make peace, the letter reads. If Muslims and Christians are not at peace, the world cannot be at peace. With the terrible weaponry of the modern world; with Muslims and Christians intertwined everywhere as never before, no side can unilaterally win a conflict between more than half of the world's inhabitants, the scholars wrote. Our common future is at stake. The very survival of the world itself is perhaps at stake, It's an astonishing achievement of solidarity, says David Ford, director of the Cambridge University's Interfaith Program. I hope it will be able to set the right key note for relations between Muslims and Christians in the 21st century, which have been lacking since September 11. One profound obstacle to establishing positive relations among mainstream Muslim and Christian groups, argues Ford, has been the lack of a single, authoritative Muslim voice to participate in such a dialogue. This letter changes that. It proves that Islam can have an unambiguous, unified voice, says Aref Ali Nayed, a leading Islamic scholar and one of the letter's authors. Sources: Emily Flynn Vencat, Giving Peace a Chance Newsweek October 11, 2007 Peter Graff, Unprecedented Muslim call for peace with Christians Reuters October 11, 2007 Jumana Farouky, Muslim Leaders Send Peace Message Time October 11, 2007 =QQQ
Re: [Biofuel] Open letter from Islam to Christianity
swalms wrote: Perhaps they should state they deplore the attacks of 911. or do they? Respectfully that's no more than looking for an excuse to reject something. Anyway what's the word on European and US Christian leaders deploring the policies of their respective countries that result in many deaths? Doug, N0LKK Kansas USA inc. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Open letter from Islam to Christianity
Perhaps they should state they deplore the attacks of 911. or do they? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Molloy Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 6:26 PM To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: [Biofuel] Open letter from Islam to Christianity 138 Muslim Scholars Issue Open Letter to Christian Religious Leaders | IslamToday / Agencies| 11 October 2007 138 of the world's leading Muslim scholars and intellectuals from all branches of Islam (Sunni and Shia, Salafi and Sufi, liberal and conservative) had come together to write a letter entitled A Common Word Between Us and You, to the world's Christian leaders. The drafting of the letter was organized by the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought in Amman, Jordan. Though its message has been said by Muslim scholars many times before, it is the first time so many high-profile Muslims have come together in public to make such a unified call for peace. The letter was launched first in Jordan this morning, and then in other countries over the course of the day, the letter gets its final unveiling at a joint press conference in Washington D.C. this afternoon by Mustafa Ceric, Grand Mufti of Bosnia, and John Esposito, Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. In a display of unprecedented unity, the letter - which calls for peace between the world's Christians and Muslims - is signed by no fewer than 19 current and former grand ayatollahs and grand muftis from countries as diverse as Egypt, Turkey, Russia, Syria, Jordan, and Palestine. War-torn Iraq was represented by both Shi'ites and Sunnis. It is addressed to Christianity's most powerful leaders, including the pope, the archbishop of Canterbury and the heads of the Lutheran, Methodist and Baptist churches, and, in 15 pages laced with Qur'anic and Biblical scriptures, argues that the most fundamental tenets of Islam and Christianity are identical: love of one (and the same) God, and love of one's neighbor. On this basis the letter reasons that harmony between the two religions is not only necessary for world peace, it is natural. As Muslims, we say to Christians that we are not against them and that Islam is not against them - so long as they do not wage war against Muslims on account of their religion, oppress them and drive them out of their homes . Our very eternal souls are all at stake if we fail to sincerely make every effort to make peace, the letter reads. If Muslims and Christians are not at peace, the world cannot be at peace. With the terrible weaponry of the modern world; with Muslims and Christians intertwined everywhere as never before, no side can unilaterally win a conflict between more than half of the world's inhabitants, the scholars wrote. Our common future is at stake. The very survival of the world itself is perhaps at stake, It's an astonishing achievement of solidarity, says David Ford, director of the Cambridge University's Interfaith Program. I hope it will be able to set the right key note for relations between Muslims and Christians in the 21st century, which have been lacking since September 11. One profound obstacle to establishing positive relations among mainstream Muslim and Christian groups, argues Ford, has been the lack of a single, authoritative Muslim voice to participate in such a dialogue. This letter changes that. It proves that Islam can have an unambiguous, unified voice, says Aref Ali Nayed, a leading Islamic scholar and one of the letter's authors. Sources: Emily Flynn Vencat, Giving Peace a Chance Newsweek October 11, 2007 Peter Graff, Unprecedented Muslim call for peace with Christians Reuters October 11, 2007 Jumana Farouky, Muslim Leaders Send Peace Message Time October 11, 2007 =QQQ== __ . __,_._,___ -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/attachments/20071021/e46ecea7/attachment.html ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Open letter from Islam to Christianity
Stephen R Walmsley wrote: Perhaps they should state they deplore the attacks of 911. or do they? You read it then, did you? I'll bet you didn't. So you expect them to apologise for 9/11? Do you feel that Islam is to blame for it? And you think that's what this is all about? Might it not perhaps have a little to do with all the toxic Islamo-fascist -cum-War of Civilisations etc etc etc crusader BS that gets flung about by US nutcases these days? Would you have preferred it if they'd waited for the US to apologise for that first? Or maybe for what your war criminals have been doing in Iraq and Afghanistan and have got the hots for doing in Iran too? But the Muslims are the guilty ones, eh? The full letter's here, why don't you give it a read? http://www.divinity.cam.ac.uk/cip/documents/COMMONWORDFINAL091007.pdf Keith -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Molloy Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 6:26 PM To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: [Biofuel] Open letter from Islam to Christianity 138 Muslim Scholars Issue Open Letter to Christian Religious Leaders | IslamToday / Agencies| 11 October 2007 138 of the world's leading Muslim scholars and intellectuals from all branches of Islam (Sunni and Shia, Salafi and Sufi, liberal and conservative) had come together to write a letter entitled A Common Word Between Us and You, to the world's Christian leaders. The drafting of the letter was organized by the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought in Amman, Jordan. Though its message has been said by Muslim scholars many times before, it is the first time so many high-profile Muslims have come together in public to make such a unified call for peace. The letter was launched first in Jordan this morning, and then in other countries over the course of the day, the letter gets its final unveiling at a joint press conference in Washington D.C. this afternoon by Mustafa Ceric, Grand Mufti of Bosnia, and John Esposito, Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. In a display of unprecedented unity, the letter - which calls for peace between the world's Christians and Muslims - is signed by no fewer than 19 current and former grand ayatollahs and grand muftis from countries as diverse as Egypt, Turkey, Russia, Syria, Jordan, and Palestine. War-torn Iraq was represented by both Shi'ites and Sunnis. It is addressed to Christianity's most powerful leaders, including the pope, the archbishop of Canterbury and the heads of the Lutheran, Methodist and Baptist churches, and, in 15 pages laced with Qur'anic and Biblical scriptures, argues that the most fundamental tenets of Islam and Christianity are identical: love of one (and the same) God, and love of one's neighbor. On this basis the letter reasons that harmony between the two religions is not only necessary for world peace, it is natural. As Muslims, we say to Christians that we are not against them and that Islam is not against them - so long as they do not wage war against Muslims on account of their religion, oppress them and drive them out of their homes . Our very eternal souls are all at stake if we fail to sincerely make every effort to make peace, the letter reads. If Muslims and Christians are not at peace, the world cannot be at peace. With the terrible weaponry of the modern world; with Muslims and Christians intertwined everywhere as never before, no side can unilaterally win a conflict between more than half of the world's inhabitants, the scholars wrote. Our common future is at stake. The very survival of the world itself is perhaps at stake, It's an astonishing achievement of solidarity, says David Ford, director of the Cambridge University's Interfaith Program. I hope it will be able to set the right key note for relations between Muslims and Christians in the 21st century, which have been lacking since September 11. One profound obstacle to establishing positive relations among mainstream Muslim and Christian groups, argues Ford, has been the lack of a single, authoritative Muslim voice to participate in such a dialogue. This letter changes that. It proves that Islam can have an unambiguous, unified voice, says Aref Ali Nayed, a leading Islamic scholar and one of the letter's authors. Sources: Emily Flynn Vencat, Giving Peace a Chance Newsweek October 11, 2007 Peter Graff, Unprecedented Muslim call for peace with Christians Reuters October 11, 2007 Jumana Farouky, Muslim Leaders Send Peace Message Time October 11, 2007 =QQQ== ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail
Re: [Biofuel] Open letter from Islam to Christianity
If you think a load of kerosine took those buildings down you have little knowledge of steel and engineering. 9/11 is the equivalent of the Reichstag fire. As for true believers of Islam they do deplore such acts. Unfortunately they have radicals just as we do. It is easy to find examples of excess and inhumanity. That doesnt mean there are none trying their best to be honorable people. Kirk swalms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps they should state they deplore the attacks of 911. or do they? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Molloy Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 6:26 PM To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: [Biofuel] Open letter from Islam to Christianity 138 Muslim Scholars Issue Open Letter to Christian Religious Leaders | IslamToday / Agencies| 11 October 2007 138 of the world's leading Muslim scholars and intellectuals from all branches of Islam (Sunni and Shia, Salafi and Sufi, liberal and conservative) had come together to write a letter entitled A Common Word Between Us and You, to the world's Christian leaders. The drafting of the letter was organized by the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought in Amman, Jordan. Though its message has been said by Muslim scholars many times before, it is the first time so many high-profile Muslims have come together in public to make such a unified call for peace. The letter was launched first in Jordan this morning, and then in other countries over the course of the day, the letter gets its final unveiling at a joint press conference in Washington D.C. this afternoon by Mustafa Ceric, Grand Mufti of Bosnia, and John Esposito, Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. In a display of unprecedented unity, the letter - which calls for peace between the world's Christians and Muslims - is signed by no fewer than 19 current and former grand ayatollahs and grand muftis from countries as diverse as Egypt, Turkey, Russia, Syria, Jordan, and Palestine. War-torn Iraq was represented by both Shi'ites and Sunnis. It is addressed to Christianity's most powerful leaders, including the pope, the archbishop of Canterbury and the heads of the Lutheran, Methodist and Baptist churches, and, in 15 pages laced with Qur'anic and Biblical scriptures, argues that the most fundamental tenets of Islam and Christianity are identical: love of one (and the same) God, and love of one's neighbor. On this basis the letter reasons that harmony between the two religions is not only necessary for world peace, it is natural. As Muslims, we say to Christians that we are not against them and that Islam is not against them - so long as they do not wage war against Muslims on account of their religion, oppress them and drive them out of their homes . Our very eternal souls are all at stake if we fail to sincerely make every effort to make peace, the letter reads. If Muslims and Christians are not at peace, the world cannot be at peace. With the terrible weaponry of the modern world; with Muslims and Christians intertwined everywhere as never before, no side can unilaterally win a conflict between more than half of the world's inhabitants, the scholars wrote. Our common future is at stake. The very survival of the world itself is perhaps at stake, It's an astonishing achievement of solidarity, says David Ford, director of the Cambridge University's Interfaith Program. I hope it will be able to set the right key note for relations between Muslims and Christians in the 21st century, which have been lacking since September 11. One profound obstacle to establishing positive relations among mainstream Muslim and Christian groups, argues Ford, has been the lack of a single, authoritative Muslim voice to participate in such a dialogue. This letter changes that. It proves that Islam can have an unambiguous, unified voice, says Aref Ali Nayed, a leading Islamic scholar and one of the letter's authors. Sources: Emily Flynn Vencat, Giving Peace a Chance Newsweek October 11, 2007 Peter Graff, Unprecedented Muslim call for peace with Christians Reuters October 11, 2007 Jumana Farouky, Muslim Leaders Send Peace Message Time October 11, 2007 =QQQ== __ . __,_._,___ -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/attachments/20071021/e46ecea7/attachment.html ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list
Re: [Biofuel] Open letter from Islam to Christianity
You have been brain washed by the western media which reinforces your evangalical belief. How do you know they did it. A great many number of muslims died in the world trade centre. --- swalms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps they should state they deplore the attacks of 911. or do they? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Molloy Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 6:26 PM To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: [Biofuel] Open letter from Islam to Christianity 138 Muslim Scholars Issue Open Letter to Christian Religious Leaders | IslamToday / Agencies| 11 October 2007 138 of the world's leading Muslim scholars and intellectuals from all branches of Islam (Sunni and Shia, Salafi and Sufi, liberal and conservative) had come together to write a letter entitled A Common Word Between Us and You, to the world's Christian leaders. The drafting of the letter was organized by the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought in Amman, Jordan. Though its message has been said by Muslim scholars many times before, it is the first time so many high-profile Muslims have come together in public to make such a unified call for peace. The letter was launched first in Jordan this morning, and then in other countries over the course of the day, the letter gets its final unveiling at a joint press conference in Washington D.C. this afternoon by Mustafa Ceric, Grand Mufti of Bosnia, and John Esposito, Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. In a display of unprecedented unity, the letter - which calls for peace between the world's Christians and Muslims - is signed by no fewer than 19 current and former grand ayatollahs and grand muftis from countries as diverse as Egypt, Turkey, Russia, Syria, Jordan, and Palestine. War-torn Iraq was represented by both Shi'ites and Sunnis. It is addressed to Christianity's most powerful leaders, including the pope, the archbishop of Canterbury and the heads of the Lutheran, Methodist and Baptist churches, and, in 15 pages laced with Qur'anic and Biblical scriptures, argues that the most fundamental tenets of Islam and Christianity are identical: love of one (and the same) God, and love of one's neighbor. On this basis the letter reasons that harmony between the two religions is not only necessary for world peace, it is natural. As Muslims, we say to Christians that we are not against them and that Islam is not against them - so long as they do not wage war against Muslims on account of their religion, oppress them and drive them out of their homes . Our very eternal souls are all at stake if we fail to sincerely make every effort to make peace, the letter reads. If Muslims and Christians are not at peace, the world cannot be at peace. With the terrible weaponry of the modern world; with Muslims and Christians intertwined everywhere as never before, no side can unilaterally win a conflict between more than half of the world's inhabitants, the scholars wrote. Our common future is at stake. The very survival of the world itself is perhaps at stake, It's an astonishing achievement of solidarity, says David Ford, director of the Cambridge University's Interfaith Program. I hope it will be able to set the right key note for relations between Muslims and Christians in the 21st century, which have been lacking since September 11. One profound obstacle to establishing positive relations among mainstream Muslim and Christian groups, argues Ford, has been the lack of a single, authoritative Muslim voice to participate in such a dialogue. This letter changes that. It proves that Islam can have an unambiguous, unified voice, says Aref Ali Nayed, a leading Islamic scholar and one of the letter's authors. Sources: Emily Flynn Vencat, Giving Peace a Chance Newsweek October 11, 2007 Peter Graff, Unprecedented Muslim call for peace with Christians Reuters October 11, 2007 Jumana Farouky, Muslim Leaders Send Peace Message Time October 11, 2007 =QQQ== __ . __,_._,___ -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/attachments/20071021/e46ecea7/attachment.html ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org
Re: [Biofuel] Open letter from Islam to Christianity
Hi Fox, beside this,there where no mention of the letter in the can,news today!For them it was the Pope who called for peace between the religions!Seems to me ongoing with the brainwash... Fritz - Original Message - From: fox mulder To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 6:17 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Open letter from Islam to Christianity You have been brain washed by the western media which reinforces your evangalical belief. How do you know they did it. A great many number of muslims died in the world trade centre. --- swalms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps they should state they deplore the attacks of 911. or do they? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Molloy Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 6:26 PM To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: [Biofuel] Open letter from Islam to Christianity 138 Muslim Scholars Issue Open Letter to Christian Religious Leaders | IslamToday / Agencies| 11 October 2007 138 of the world's leading Muslim scholars and intellectuals from all branches of Islam (Sunni and Shia, Salafi and Sufi, liberal and conservative) had come together to write a letter entitled A Common Word Between Us and You, to the world's Christian leaders. The drafting of the letter was organized by the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought in Amman, Jordan. Though its message has been said by Muslim scholars many times before, it is the first time so many high-profile Muslims have come together in public to make such a unified call for peace. The letter was launched first in Jordan this morning, and then in other countries over the course of the day, the letter gets its final unveiling at a joint press conference in Washington D.C. this afternoon by Mustafa Ceric, Grand Mufti of Bosnia, and John Esposito, Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. In a display of unprecedented unity, the letter - which calls for peace between the world's Christians and Muslims - is signed by no fewer than 19 current and former grand ayatollahs and grand muftis from countries as diverse as Egypt, Turkey, Russia, Syria, Jordan, and Palestine. War-torn Iraq was represented by both Shi'ites and Sunnis. It is addressed to Christianity's most powerful leaders, including the pope, the archbishop of Canterbury and the heads of the Lutheran, Methodist and Baptist churches, and, in 15 pages laced with Qur'anic and Biblical scriptures, argues that the most fundamental tenets of Islam and Christianity are identical: love of one (and the same) God, and love of one's neighbor. On this basis the letter reasons that harmony between the two religions is not only necessary for world peace, it is natural. As Muslims, we say to Christians that we are not against them and that Islam is not against them - so long as they do not wage war against Muslims on account of their religion, oppress them and drive them out of their homes . Our very eternal souls are all at stake if we fail to sincerely make every effort to make peace, the letter reads. If Muslims and Christians are not at peace, the world cannot be at peace. With the terrible weaponry of the modern world; with Muslims and Christians intertwined everywhere as never before, no side can unilaterally win a conflict between more than half of the world's inhabitants, the scholars wrote. Our common future is at stake. The very survival of the world itself is perhaps at stake, It's an astonishing achievement of solidarity, says David Ford, director of the Cambridge University's Interfaith Program. I hope it will be able to set the right key note for relations between Muslims and Christians in the 21st century, which have been lacking since September 11. One profound obstacle to establishing positive relations among mainstream Muslim and Christian groups, argues Ford, has been the lack of a single, authoritative Muslim voice to participate in such a dialogue. This letter changes that. It proves that Islam can have an unambiguous, unified voice, says Aref Ali Nayed, a leading Islamic scholar and one of the letter's authors. Sources: Emily Flynn Vencat, Giving Peace a Chance Newsweek October 11, 2007 Peter Graff, Unprecedented Muslim call for peace with Christians Reuters October 11, 2007 Jumana Farouky, Muslim Leaders Send Peace Message Time October 11, 2007 =QQQ
[Biofuel] Open letter from Islam to Christianity
138 Muslim Scholars Issue Open Letter to Christian Religious Leaders | IslamToday / Agencies| 11 October 2007 138 of the world's leading Muslim scholars and intellectuals from all branches of Islam (Sunni and Shia, Salafi and Sufi, liberal and conservative) had come together to write a letter entitled A Common Word Between Us and You, to the world's Christian leaders. The drafting of the letter was organized by the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought in Amman, Jordan. Though its message has been said by Muslim scholars many times before, it is the first time so many high-profile Muslims have come together in public to make such a unified call for peace. The letter was launched first in Jordan this morning, and then in other countries over the course of the day, the letter gets its final unveiling at a joint press conference in Washington D.C. this afternoon by Mustafa Ceric, Grand Mufti of Bosnia, and John Esposito, Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. In a display of unprecedented unity, the letter - which calls for peace between the world's Christians and Muslims - is signed by no fewer than 19 current and former grand ayatollahs and grand muftis from countries as diverse as Egypt, Turkey, Russia, Syria, Jordan, and Palestine. War-torn Iraq was represented by both Shi'ites and Sunnis. It is addressed to Christianity's most powerful leaders, including the pope, the archbishop of Canterbury and the heads of the Lutheran, Methodist and Baptist churches, and, in 15 pages laced with Qur'anic and Biblical scriptures, argues that the most fundamental tenets of Islam and Christianity are identical: love of one (and the same) God, and love of one's neighbor. On this basis the letter reasons that harmony between the two religions is not only necessary for world peace, it is natural. As Muslims, we say to Christians that we are not against them and that Islam is not against them - so long as they do not wage war against Muslims on account of their religion, oppress them and drive them out of their homes . Our very eternal souls are all at stake if we fail to sincerely make every effort to make peace, the letter reads. If Muslims and Christians are not at peace, the world cannot be at peace. With the terrible weaponry of the modern world; with Muslims and Christians intertwined everywhere as never before, no side can unilaterally win a conflict between more than half of the world's inhabitants, the scholars wrote. Our common future is at stake. The very survival of the world itself is perhaps at stake, It's an astonishing achievement of solidarity, says David Ford, director of the Cambridge University's Interfaith Program. I hope it will be able to set the right key note for relations between Muslims and Christians in the 21st century, which have been lacking since September 11. One profound obstacle to establishing positive relations among mainstream Muslim and Christian groups, argues Ford, has been the lack of a single, authoritative Muslim voice to participate in such a dialogue. This letter changes that. It proves that Islam can have an unambiguous, unified voice, says Aref Ali Nayed, a leading Islamic scholar and one of the letter's authors. Sources: Emily Flynn Vencat, Giving Peace a Chance Newsweek October 11, 2007 Peter Graff, Unprecedented Muslim call for peace with Christians Reuters October 11, 2007 Jumana Farouky, Muslim Leaders Send Peace Message Time October 11, 2007 =QQQ== __ . __,_._,___ -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/attachments/20071021/e46ecea7/attachment.html ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
