Most Muslims reject religious violence, Pontifical Council says, advocating more dialogue
April 22, 2015
The need for dialogue with Islam is greater today than ever before, the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue proclaimed in a statement released on April 22.
The Pontifical Council insisted that “the great majority of Muslims themselves do not identify with the current acts of barbarism.” However, the document said that recent developments have led to “a radicalization of community and religious discourse, with the consequent risks of increasing hatred, violence, terrorism and the growing and commonplace stigmatization of Muslims and their religion.”
“To kill in the name of religion is not only an offense to God, but it is also a defeat for humanity,” the Vatican document said. The Pontifical Council said that “believers must demonstrate that religions are required to be heralds of peace and not violence.”
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