CONFERENCE IN LONDON ON CHRISTIAN—MUSLIM RELATIONS

Last month, key thinkers at a two-day conference saw as a basis for unity, the common belief of Christians, Jews and Muslims that God erupts into human history.  From this basis, we can build towards a recognition of the centrality and sanctity of the human person as a seeker of God, and neutralise ideologies that aim to sideline religion or promote violence and intolerance.  We can also work towards a recognition of religious freedom as the first of human rights.  Christians and Muslims, who together make up 54% of the world’s population, have the common task of helping society open itself up again to God.