Saudi King Calls for Interfaith Dialogue

Washington Post

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The Saudi king has made an impassioned plea for dialogue among Muslims, Christians and Jews–the first such proposal from a nation with no diplomatic ties to Israel and a ban on non-Muslim religious services and symbols.

The message from King Abdullah, which was welcomed by Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders, comes at a time of stalled peace initiatives and escalating tensions in the region.

Muslims have been angered by cartoons published in European papers seen as insulting the Prophet Muhammad and by the pope’s baptizing on Easter of a Muslim journalist who had converted to Catholicism. Click here to read this entire article.

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