Man is forever trying to build the Tower of Babel!
This article has so many conrtadictions from the King of Saudi Arabia calling for religious tolerance, when his country is one of the most religiously repressive country’s in the world! Its pretty bad when the events sponsor could not hold the event in his own country for fear of discontent there!
And then to make this statement is just outrageous!
“Spain had been chosen because of the religious tolerance that characterized it when it was partly under Moorish rule for eight centuries until 1492.”
Can everyone see what is going on here? Western society has recast Christianity as the villian of ALL the world’s ill’s and raised Islam up as a shining example of tolerance of peace! this is trully the time when:
Isaiah 5:20:
“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”
And what is the mass of Western Christianity doing in response to all of this misinformation and decepton?
Capitulating to it! Just read this article: Arch “clown” er “Bishop” of Canterbury” Christian Doctrine is Offensive to Muslims
And notice what both the Roman Catholic Representative at the event and The King of Saudi Arabia say:
Inter-religious understanding should be promoted with ‘prejudice-free’ religion studies at universities and by training specialists on inter-faith dialogue, the newsletter of Radio Vatican quoted Cardinal Tauran as saying.
Human tragedies were not caused by religions, but by extremism, the Saudi monarch explained.
Do you see where all of this is headed? We are very near, nearer than anyone wants to admit, at THE VERY DOOR where to hold ANY religious belief that claims to be the single avenue to Heaven and to claim to be the single avenue of Truth will be considered “prejudicially” denigrating to other faiths, and hence “extremism” that must be stamped out!
Daniel 8:25:
And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
Scripture tells us how to identify the man of sin He will come disguised as an angel of light. He will come to the world as a man of peace at first. He will corrupt men and gain their allegiance through deceit and flattery.
IS ANYONE LISTENING OUT THERE?
Madrid – The kings of Saudi Arabia and Spain on Wednesday urged world religions to join forces in building a more peaceful and harmonious world.
It was time to turn ‘a new page for humanity’ in inter-religious understanding, which could help the world recover lost values and emerge from confusion, Saudi King Abdullah said on inaugurating the World Conference on Dialogue, a major inter-faith event sponsored by his country in Madrid.
Islam was a religion of moderation and tolerance, the monarch stressed.
Earlier initiatives may have failed because they sought to merge religions, an attempt doomed to failure, because all religions were convinced of their own beliefs despite God being the same for all, King Abdullah said.
Human tragedies were not caused by religions, but by extremism, the monarch explained.
Spain’s King Juan Carlos said inter-faith dialogue could help to solve problems including terrorism, hunger, disease and poverty.
Muslim World League Secretary-General Abdullah al-Turki called on delegates attending the three-day conference to produce concrete projects with follow-up plans.
Other guests at the inauguration included Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Middle East Quartet envoy Tony Blair and US civil rights figure the Reverend Jesse Jackson.
Around 250 Muslim, Christian and Jewish clergy and other experts on inter-religious dialogue, including 15 women, were attending the meeting instigated by Saudi Arabia in what was seen as a ground-breaking move for the highly conservative Muslim kingdom.
Experts and intellectuals including Lebanese Culture Minister Tariq Mitri and Vatican inter-faith specialist Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran were to analyze questions such as the civilizational foundations of inter-faith dialogue, ways to promote it, and common human values.
The conference, which also includes representatives of Buddhism, Hinduism and Taoism, is taking place against the backdrop of the Middle East conflict and controversy over caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, but it was expected to shun political questions.
The sessions are closed to the media, with a final communique expected on Friday.
Organized by the World Muslim League, the conference was partly inspired by King Abdullah’s unprecedented meeting with Pope Benedict XVI in the Vatican in November 2007, and by the International Islamic Conference for Dialogue in Mecca last month.
Detractors slammed the Madrid conference as a public relations operation by Saudi Arabia after the attacks of September 11, 2001 in the United States, which were carried out mainly by Saudis inspired by Saudi-born Osama bin Laden.
Critics said it was ironic for a meeting on religious tolerance to be sponsored by Saudi Arabia, where others than Sunni Muslims had few right. There were few Shi’a Muslim participants, and none of the Jewish delegates were listed as Israelis, they added.
Yet others praised the initiative, with the World Jewish Congress describing it as a ‘significant and timely development.’
Cardinal Tauran said Saudi Arabia’s ‘act of great courage’ had come surprisingly quickly after King Abdullah’s meeting with the pope.
Inter-religious understanding should be promoted with ‘prejudice-free’ religion studies at universities and by training specialists on inter-faith dialogue, the newsletter of Radio Vatican quoted Tauran as saying.
The organizers were believed to have chosen Spain as the host country, because domestic opposition would have made it difficult to stage the conference in Saudi Arabia.
Al-Turki said Spain had been chosen because of the religious tolerance that characterized it when it was partly under Moorish rule for eight centuries until 1492.
Muslims, Christians and Jews lived in a relative harmony in Moorish Spain, known as al-Andalus. ‘The image of al-Andalus made us hold this conference in Spain,’ al-Turki told the daily El Mundo.
King Abdullah also praised Spain’s support to the Middle East peace process and role in promoting the Euro-Mediterranean partnership.
Zapatero is the sponsor, alongside his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, of the Alliance of Civilizations project to improve understanding between the West and the Muslim world, which has been adopted by the United Nations.
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