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Washington Cathedral hosts Christian-Muslim summit

Washington National Cathedral is currently hosting a summit of Christian and Muslim faith leaders, which seeks to promote understanding and reconciliation between the two traditions, and is due to culminate in a public dialogue on 3 March, reports Kathleen Gilbert, LifeSiteNews.com.

The summit began on 1 March, and organizers told Ecumenical News International it is the first of four interfaith dialogues on reconciliation planned with representatives of the Shi'a and Sunni Muslim traditions along with members of the Roman Catholic and (Anglican) Episcopal churches.

The author and associate editor of The Washington Post newspaper, David Ignatius, is moderating the summit. Still, the Washington-based Institute on Religion and Democracy, which is often critical of "liberal" stands taken by ecumenical institutions, said that the summit had the potential for leading to "appeasement to Islamists".

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[03/04/2010]

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