The
“Open
letter”
sent
by
Prince
Ghazi
bin
Muhammad
of
Jordan
and
the
subsequent
“Common
Word”
document
addressed
from
Muslim
Clerics
to
Christian
leaders
focuses
on
essential
elements
of
shared
theology
between
the
two
faiths:
Love
of
God
and
love
of
neighbor.
These
two
greatest
commandments
are
presented
by
Jesus
Christ
in
the
Gospels
and
are
also
reflected
and
supported
as
essential
elements
of
Islam.
The
Prince
also
firmly
asserts
that
Christians
do
in
fact
worship
the
same
God
as
Muslims
do.
In
order
to
address
the
question
of
‘How
do
we
move
forward’? Tony
Blair suggested
six
steps,
the
fifth
of
which
was
particularly
contentious:
Firstly
we
need
to
reclaim
the
religious
space
from
the
extremes,
and
secondly
there
are
political
and
social
changes
that
must
be
made
to
achieve
this.
Thirdly,
we
must
live
what
we
say
in
regards
to
equality
and
freedom
of
worship.
And
fourthly,
education
is
necessary
in
that
endeavor
so
that
we
may
understand
each
other.
Fifth,
we
must
acknowledge
that
others
have
an
equal
path
to
salvation,
even
if
it
isn’t
the
one
we
choose
for
ourselves.
And
lastly,
we
need
to
organize.
In
the
question
and
answer
time,
one
of
the
students
in
the
class
continued
to
push
Tony
Blair
on
this
point
by
asking
how
those
who
believe
that
there
is
only
one
way
to
salvation
can
engage
constructively
in
this
interfaith
dialogue
given
that
they
would
disagree
with
his
fifth
point.
Tony
Blair
acknowledged
that
his
proposition
of
respect
for
all
views
of
salvation
might
be
too
extreme,
and
that
we
must
work
towards
creating
middle
ground
between
accepting
all
truth
claims
and
dismissing
each
other.
In
order
to
achieve
this,
Tony
Blair
referred
to
what
Professor
Volf
had
suggested
earlier,
the
humility
before
God
that
we
all
can
experience.
Perhaps
through
that
humility
and
our
acknowledgment
of
our
inability
to
fully
comprehend
God
we
can
temper
our
condemnation
of
others
views
of
God.
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