From USA Today-
The new poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, was conducted Aug. 19-22 among 1,003 adults. Last week Pew released a survey that found 18% of Americans think President Obama, a Christian, is a actually Muslim.
Meanwhile, Catholic Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan told the Associated Press today he is apprehensive that New Yorkers noble values of tolerance "may be a bit at risk in the way this way conversation and debate about the mosque are taking place."
And the Episcopal Bishop of New York Mark Silk issued a letter about his warm personal endorsement of the imam behind Park51.
At the Episcopal Diocese of New York we know the leaders of this project, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and his wife Daisy Khan. We know that they are loving, gentle people, who epitomize Islamic moderation. We know that as Sufis, they are members of an Islamic sect that teaches a universal belief in man's relationship to God that is not dissimilar from mystic elements in certain strains of Judaism and Christianity. Feisal Abdul Rauf and Daisy Khan are, without question, people to whom Christians of good will should reach out with the hand of hospitality and friendship, as they reach out to us. I understand and support their desire to build an Islamic center, intended in part to promote understanding and tolerance among different religions.
More here
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/Religion/post/2010/08/islam-muslims-park51-ground-zero-mosque-pew-forum/1
No comments:
Post a Comment