by Sean Reilly | Jul 22, 2008
Dialogue is “the best way for mutual understanding and cooperation in human relations as well as in peaceful coexistence among nations,” said the final communiqué issued by the conveners of the World Conference on Dialogue and broadly affirmed by the conference which...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 17, 2008
The scale of the challenge and the glimmer of new possibilities in interreligious understnading is on display at the 16-18 July international interfaith conference convened in Madrid by the Muslim World League. The meeting follows an initiative by Saudi Arabia’s...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 7, 2007
Pope Benedict XVI has met for the first time with a Saudi Arabian monarch, the controversial King Abdullah. A carefully worded communique from the Vatican avoids an mention of the human rights issues that have caused outrage among campaigners. However, there are coded...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 1, 2007
Christian-Muslim relations and the rights of the minority Christian community are among the likely discussion points when Pope Benedict XVI meets with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah next week – after his controversial UK state visit. The meeting will be the...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 1, 2007
Religion and culture are abused when they are employed illegitimately to justify the suppression of women and the denial of their equal humanity, human rights lawyer Chrie Booth argued yesterday in a lecture at Chatham House in London. Ms Booth, who is married to...