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Islamic ministers urged to bridge differences
Islamic Ministers of Endowments agreed to set aside the doctrinal differences among Muslims and avoid criticising religious beliefs of the other sects.
- By Abdul Rahman Shaheen, Correspondent
- Published: 23:31 May 27, 2009
Jeddah: Islamic Ministers of Endowments agreed to set aside the doctrinal differences among Muslims and avoid criticising religious beliefs of the other sects.
The Ministers, who concluded their eighth conference in Jeddah on Tuesday, issued a number of recommendations urging that the gaps between the various Islamic sects and doctrines be bridged.
The recommendations were issued after debates and discussions aimed at eradicating religious extremism which make some Muslim sects depict the others as non-Muslims.
The most important recommendation was that the different doctrines of Muslim people must be recognised.
However, observers believe that this recommendation would be ignored by most Muslims, since some Ministers themselves expressed their suspicions.
The Tunisian Minister of Religious Endowments announced his categorical rejection of dialogue with Shiites and extremists, for lack of common factors with both parties.
The Ministers lauded the efforts of Saudi Arabia in the field of realising intellectual security and educating the youth against following trends of extremism, terrorism and deviant ideas.
They asked Muslim nations to use the experience of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Sudan in dealing with extremists.
Saudi minister Shaikh Saleh Bin Abdul Aziz Al Shaikh said that the Ministers expressed their admiration of the integration between the Ministries of Interior and Islamic Affairs in Saudi Arabia, in their efforts to fight intellectual extremism.
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