Kindle Notes & Highlights
in the sixteenth century an interreligious theological discussion between Catholic priests and Muslim clerics was presided over by the Mughal emperor Akbar. These debates were not always conducted between “equals” (indeed, many were held precisely in order to “prove” that the other religion was “wrong,” which was also the case for dialogues initiated by Christians). The fact that the debate was permitted and encouraged,
Muslims maintained an open-door policy to Jews escaping from persecution in Christian Europe during the Inquisition. During the Crusades, despite their conflict, Muslims tolerated the practice of Christianity—an example that was not emulated by the other side. In the thirteenth century some treaties between Christians and
great Christian saint Francis of Assisi met the Muslim leader Salah al-Din’s nephew Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil in 1219.
but each other millet was placed under the authority of its own religious leaders and permitted to follow its own religious laws. The millet system enabled the empire to accommodate religious diversity, placing non-Muslims in a subordinate position to Muslims and offering them protected status.
Islamists (as distinguished from extremists) also began applying the word pluralism to the political process. Since the 1990s, the term has been used to legitimate multiparty systems as well as modern forms of religious pluralism and tolerance.
in 1071 when the Seljuq (Turkish) army decisively defeated the Byzantine army. The Byzantine emperor, Alexius I, feared that all Asia Minor would be overrun, and so he called on fellow Christian rulers and the pope to come to the aid of Constantinople by undertaking a “pilgrimage” or crusade that would free Jerusalem and its environs from Muslim rule. Muslims had ruled the area since 638. During that time the Christian population had been unharmed and Christian pilgrims were allowed continued access to their holy sites. Jews,
Common Word Between Us and You,”
“Loving God and Neighbor Together,”
As a follow-up to the letter, international conferences of religious leaders, scholars, and NGOs occurred at Yale University, Cambridge University, and Georgetown University
response to Muslim reaction to the pope’s speech, the Vatican invited Muslim leaders to a three-day summit to seek deeper understanding between the largest religions in the world. Roman Catholics account for just over half the world’s 2 billion Christians, while Islam has 1.5 billion followers. Under the theme “Love of God, Love of Neighbor,” some
A group of mainstream evangelical leaders have initiated multifaith dialogues and projects dealing with common concerns, from social issues like poverty and the environment to
