Oct. 12th, 2007

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Muslim leaders call for peace in open letter

By Bonnie Malkin
Last Updated: 3:07am BST 12/10/2007

The "survival of the world" is at risk if Muslims and Christians cannot make peace, leaders from across the Islamic community have warned.

Muslim leaders call for peace in open letter
Muslims are currently marking their holiest month, Ramadan

The prediction came in an open letter signed by 138 prominent Muslim scholars in a bid to defuse inter-religious tensions.

The letter, which was sent to Pope Benedict, The Archbishop of Canterbury and other Christian leaders around the world, calls on Christians "to come together with us on the common essentials of our two religions" and spells out the similarities between passages of the Bible and the Koran.


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