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 > =================QQQQQQQQQQQ========== > > > __________________________________________________ > . > __,_._,___ > -------------- 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/ > ___________________________________________________________ Want ideas for reducing your carbon footprint? 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