Dear Christmas greetings from Muslim scholars

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0707338.htm

snip from article about the letter

The message of Christmas greetings began by citing the Quran: "Peace be upon Jesus Christ who says: Peace is upon me the day I was born, the day I die, and the day I am resurrected."

Then it thanked Christians for the "beautiful and gracious responses" to the Muslims' dialogue initiative.

The message noted the recent close of the Muslim feast of the hajj or pilgrimage, which commemorates the faith of the Prophet Abraham. It said God's refusal of the sacrifice of Abraham's son reminds all followers of the Abrahamic faiths to "do their utmost to save, uphold and treasure every single human life and especially the lives of every single child."It pointed out that Muslim scholars recently issued a declaration affirming "the sanctity of human life -- of every human life -- as an essential and foundational teaching in Islam that all Muslim scholars are in unanimous agreement upon.

"The Christmas greeting offered a prayer that the new year may bring "healing and peace to our suffering world" and "mutual forgiveness within and between communities."

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I read this article with great joy and look forward to the blessedness that will flow from this work.