Interfaith issues

Politics, prejudice and polarisation have all taken a toll on the dialogue between Catholics and Muslims in recent years: that’s according to the former head of the Islam desk at the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, Fr Tom Michel. He also served as the Jesuit’s secretary for Interreligious Dialogue and is currently teaching theology and interfaith relations at a number of Turkish universities.
He told Philippa Hitchen that despite the difficulties, the patient work of “building trust” between believers of the two faiths continues, not just in high profile meetings between the Pope and Muslim leaders, but also at the grass roots in countries across the globe….

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