The Vatican praised a "novel" Muslim call for dialogue but said real theological debate with them was difficult as they saw the Koran as the literal word of God and would not discuss it in depth.
"The fact that Muslims can build mosques in Europe while many Islamic states limit or ban church building cannot be ignored, [Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran] said."
This is due to the Islamic dhimmi laws, which specifically prohibit the building of new Christian churches in Muslim lands - among a number of other discriminations.
Of course, Reuters gets some fashionable but unfounded assumptions into the text:
"The appeal last week by 138 scholars representing a large majority of Islamic views invited Christian leaders to a dialogue based on their common belief that love of God and neighbor is the cornerstone of their religions.
It was unprecedented because Islam has no central authority to speak for all believers, especially not the silent minority that does not agree with radicals whose preaching of jihad and rejection of other faiths often dominates the headlines."
And while we are on the subject of Islam, here is a free video. It's an old one, coming from November 2006, but it's a good one nevertheless. In it, British jihadist Anjem Choudary explains on BBC television that British non-combatants are considered legitimate targets for suicide attacks because they are not Muslim, and therefore are not innocent as they have committed a "crime against God". How do "moderate" Muslims refute these claims on Islamic grounds? And for that matter, why haven't they even tried?
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