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The need for dialog between religions
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The goal of dialogue among world religions is the very nature of religion demands this dialogue. Judaism, Christianity,
and Islam, and even Hinduism and other world religions, accept the same source for themselves, and, including Buddhism,
pursue the same goal. Regardless of how their adherents implement their faith in their daily lives, such generally accepted
values as love, respect, tolerance, forgiveness, mercy, human rights, peace, brotherhood, and freedom are all values exalted
by religion. Most of these values are accorded the highest precedence in the messages brought by Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad,
upon them be peace, as well as in the messages of Buddha and even Zarathustra, Lao-Tzu, Conficius, and the Hindu prophets.
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Muslims accept all Prophets and Books sent to different peoples throughout history, and regard belief in them as an
essential principle of being Muslim. A Muslim is a true follower of Abraham, Moses, David, Jesus, and all other Prophets,
upon them be peace. Not believing in one Prophet or Book means that one is not a Muslim. Thus we acknowledge the oneness and
basic unity of religion, which is a symphony of God’s blessings and mercy, and the universality of belief in religion. So,
religion is a system of belief that embraces all races and all beliefs, a road that brings everyone together in brotherhood.
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