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SPEAKERS Roger Boase: The question that we are discussing this evening is “What role can religion play in promoting peace instead of war and other forms of vio lence?” This is the one of the main questions that my book Islam and Global Dialogue seeks to answer.
We should remember God’s words in the Book of Leviticus (19: 34): “The stranger who 50 The Abrar Islamic Foundation and the City Circle: Islam and Global Dialogue lives with you shall be treated like the native-born.
Islam and Global Dialogue is important and timely because it provides a theologi cal and philosophical basis for people of faith to co-operate in seeking a more just and peaceful world.
If God longs for all people to be His friends, then we should be friends with all who serve Him. True faith can still be the most effective way of healing the divisions of the world and uniting us all in a more just and peaceful society and I trust that this book will contribute to the future we long for and for which we pray.
For the last ten years, I’ve been part of a small but tenacious Jewish Christian-Muslim dialogue group which has always given priority to the 54 The Abrar Islamic Foundation and the City Circle: Islam and Global Dialogue personal (individuals who are prepared to be open and connect with each other) over the representative, to the theological (I really want to understand that teaching) over the political, and to honesty (this is how I really feel) over negotiation.