It is unfortunate that Mitt Romney has now said that he will not be hiring any Muslims for any cabinet post should he be elected. (Seems there are not enough of them in the country to warrant this kind of attention!) It is too bad he is so hopelessly misinformed about Islam.
On October 13, 138 Muslim clerics and scholars placed an ad in the New York Times calling for ”A Common Word Between Us and You” and now over 300 American clergy and scholars have responded (Nov 18) with a Christian response called “Loving God and Neighbor Together.” They committed themselves to doing programming and educational events that would promote dialogue between Muslims and Christians.
In addition an Anglican known as the Vicar of Baghdad named Canon Andrew White has been noted as a “Pursuer of Peace” and awarded recognition for his interfaith work. In part, as a result of his work the Muslim clerics of Iraq are prepared to sign a “fatwa against violence” (1) that will serve to end the enmity between the Shia and Sunni Muslims! This is of historic import! And the Churches for Middle East Peace are holding a conference call on 12/6 to talk from a religious perspective about the talks happening in Annapolis this week. Seems there is a lot of good peacemaking happening here…and a military budget is not required! Strange isn’t it what committed people of faith can accomplish that neither the politicians or the military can!
2) See 11/28 Action Alert from the Brethren Witness/Washington Office
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