Islamic trap...will the Vatican fall in headfirst?
Bruce
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Wednesday/National/20060621084731/Art
icle/local1_html
DATUK Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi called on the Christian West and the
Islamic world to right wrongs that have been committed.
The Prime Minister said the way to arrest the slide in relations between
them was for the leaders on both sides to commit themselves, their
governments and their peoples to engage in dialogue.
This meant, he said, reviewing policies which created inequities among the
population at the domestic level and reviewing one-sided actions that
inflicted injustices upon other people and nations at the global level.
Abdullah was presenting his keynote address at the International Conference
of Islamic Scholars here yesterday.
The conference, organised by Indonesia's largest Muslim organisation, the
40-million strong Nahdlatul Ulama, was attended by about 300 scholars,
including representatives of the Vatican.
Abdullah said: "Both sides must cease presenting their world view in a
certain way so as to legitimise certain politics.
"Topping the list of items to be reviewed and rectified is the politics of
domination, which is sometimes disguised as the call for modernisation and
democratisation."
Abdullah, the Organisation of Islamic Conference chairman, hoped there was
no hidden message that peace and harmony could be achieved only when the
world accepted Western values, norms and practices.
He called upon Western leaders to reflect deeply on what they would wish to
accomplish in a dialogue with their Muslim counterparts.
He said the West must acknowledge that Islam was "a civilisation, a cultural
entity and a way of life" and not merely a religion. "That is why in dealing
with Muslims, one must take into account their religious sensitivities," he
said.
He said the West and the Muslim world must also cease to be in a state of
denial, and begin to probe into the intersection points between religion and
politics.
Saying no one should confuse military occupation with the fight against
terrorists, he added: "We must not use religious commandments as a
smokescreen for strategic and political designs."
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