Very Churchillian...sort of like the way Winston Churchill regularly consulted with Nazis and Nazi-sympathizers...oh, he didn't? That was Chamberlain? Amazing how history repeats... B
http://www.app.com.pk/en/index.php?option=com_content <http://www.app.com.pk/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10002&It emid=2> &task=view&id=10002&Itemid=2 Blair consults Muslim leaders at Cambridge University conference on Islam <http://www.app.com.pk/en/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=10002> <http://www.app.com.pk/en/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10002&p op=1&page=0&Itemid=2> <http://www.app.com.pk/en/index2.php?option=com_content&task=emailform&id=10 002&itemid=2> LONDON, June 1 (APP): British Prime Minister Tony Blair is to meet Muslim leaders from all over the world at a major conference on Islam, hosted by University of Cambridge next week. The June 4 and 5 event, aims to explore ways in which greater unity and understanding might be fostered between Muslims and non-Muslims in the societies in which they live. Representatives from more than 30 countries will be attending, said a media release of the Cambridge University. It is hoped that discussions will not only address policy and policy makers at a domestic and international level, but also speak to the concerns of local communities both in Britain and elsewhere. A key question for the conference will be to consider how to extend the debate on to the streets and into local communities. The conference is being organized by The Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme (CIP), based in the University's Faculty of Divinity. CIP is a teaching and research programme that seeks to achieve a deeper understanding of Islam, Christianity and Judaism. It also aims to develop public outreach programmes for the benefit of faith communities and wider society. The event will open with a video message from HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales, while the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, will host a reception in the evening. Other speakers will include the Grand Mufti of Egypt, Shaykh Ali Gomaa; the Grand Mufti of Bosnia, Mufti Mustafa Ceric; Mona Siddiqui, Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Glasgow; the Bishop of London, Richard Chartres; the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Ruth Kelly and the Leader of the Conservative Party, David Cameron. Professor David Ford, Director of the Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme, said: "There is an urgent need for Islam and traditionally Christian cultures to understand one another specifically from a religious perspective. "The conference will focus on the relationship between Islam and the non-Muslim world, inviting Muslims from this country and abroad to discuss the challenges we all face in creating communities that can accommodate and thrive on the religious diversity that exists in Britain, Europe and beyond. "In the past, policy has too often focused on the question of integrating Muslims into secular society. In fact we live in a complexly religious and secular society where the expression of religious beliefs remains important to huge numbers of people." Speakers and guests will be encouraged to consider the contribution Islamic debate has made to a host of contemporary topics including citizenship, the place of Islamic law, women and human rights. Timothy Winter, lecturer in Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge, said: "The question facing British society, and society as a whole, is not how we encourage minorities to engage with western countries, but how those countries define themselves as a collage of different religious cultures. We hope that this conference will enable those responsible for encouraging and building unity in communities to approach the task from that perspective. "If we are to overcome the problems of religious ignorance and misunderstanding, we need to have precisely these sorts of conversations and collaborations across religious and secular boundaries." 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