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If Christians and Muslims are to live in peace, encouraging one another to grow in holiness and working together for the good of all God's creation, they must move beyond politicized and often negative images of one another. Monastic/Muslim dialogue issuing from friendship and focused on revelation, prayer, and witness is an important component in this effort. Indeed, it is essential.
A conference jointly sponsored by the International Institute for Islamic Studies and Monastic Interreligious Dialogue brought together Iranian Shi'a Muslims and Christian monastics to Qum, Iran. Their first gathering was held a year previous in Rome, Italy and focused on spiritual topics like meditation and prayer. The second meeting in Qum was an occasion to deepen the bonds of friendship that had already been established. The conference theme centered on friendship and the dialogue explored the scriptural, theological, spiritual, philosophical, and practical bases for friendship between monks and Muslims. This follow up book invites readers to listen in and learn from their conversation and witness.
Contents
Contents
Introduction vii
Friendship at Tibhirine: Monastic/Muslim Dialogue in Algeria 1
Godefroy Raguenet de Saint-Albin
The Qur'an's Multifaceted Picture of Muslim/Christian Relations 24
Maximilian (Fredrick) Musindai
Friends and Friendship in Biblical Literature 36
Timothy Wright, OSB
Friendship in the Qur'an 52
Mohammad Ali Shomali
Love and Friendship: Prerequisite and Goal of Monastic/Muslim Dialogue 67
Mohsen Javadi
A Monastic Approach to Friendship between Religions 76
Benoît Standaert
Friend of God: Abraham and the Four Birds 90
Farrokh Sekaleshfar
Ora et Labora 101
Muhammad Legenhausen
Postscript 114
Selected Bibliographies 120
List of Contributors 122
