DEVELOPING TIMES: Islamic conference calls for more dialogue with Christians

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Saturday, March 15, 2008

Islamic conference calls for more dialogue with Christians

The Organization of Islamic Conferences (OIC) has ended its summit in Senegal with a call for more dialogue between Muslims and Christians.

At the close of the two-day summit, the OIC condemned all forms of extremism as being incompatible with Islam.

During the summit there was strong criticism of Israel and calls for Israel's actions against Palestinians to be challenged in an international court.

The declaration at the end of the summit denounced terrorism, saying it was not related to any religion, race, color or country.

In an apparent reference to the Palestinian cause, the Muslim body said terrorism should be differentiated from what it called "legitimate resistance against foreign occupation".

- BBC

Tags: community-and-society, religion-and-beliefs, christianity, islam, senegal