Sunday, April 10, 2011

Prince of Wales 'Abused and Ridiculed' over His Attempts to Promote Inter-faith Dialogue

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: The Prince of Wales complained of being "abused and ridiculed" over his attempts to promote inter-faith dialogue as he addressed religious leaders in Morocco.

The Prince, who has spent decades trying to encourage better understanding of different religions around the world, said he would not allow the criticism to not [sic] stand in his way.

During a discussion with Islamic scholars at the Al-Qarawiyyin University [جامعة القرويين] in Fez, the Prince said: "One of the hardest things is to remind people of the great truth of traditional Islam, not distorted Islam, and trying to remind people of the great truth of traditional Christianity, not distorted Christianity, and we know there are problems in both religions.

"It's the issue of stereotypes that is difficult. It's so easy to concentrate on the negative and not the positive.

"But what I do is remind people of what we share in common." » | Gordon Rayner, in Fez | Wednesday, April 06, 2011