Chrystalwuzhere
03-21-2006, 10:58 AM
This is an interesting article. The implications of this are astounding... not something to be merely passed off....
By Danny Wood
BBC News, Seville
The Chief Rabbi of Israel, Yona Metzger, has called for the creation of a world body with representatives from the major religious groups.
Rabbi Metzger was addressing the International Congress of Imams and Rabbis for Peace in Seville, Spain.
He called for the formation of a "United Nations of religious groups".
The Imam of Gaza, Imad al-Faluji, said politicians lied but religious leaders had a different objective - to work towards a higher good.
The imams and rabbis at this conference, which opened on Sunday, say the world is in crisis and it is time they acted to restore justice, respect and peace.
Read the rest of the article - click here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4800194.stm).
By Danny Wood
BBC News, Seville
The Chief Rabbi of Israel, Yona Metzger, has called for the creation of a world body with representatives from the major religious groups.
Rabbi Metzger was addressing the International Congress of Imams and Rabbis for Peace in Seville, Spain.
He called for the formation of a "United Nations of religious groups".
The Imam of Gaza, Imad al-Faluji, said politicians lied but religious leaders had a different objective - to work towards a higher good.
The imams and rabbis at this conference, which opened on Sunday, say the world is in crisis and it is time they acted to restore justice, respect and peace.
Read the rest of the article - click here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4800194.stm).