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Africa: Muslim Leaders Pledge Support for Inter-Faith Dialogue
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Catholic Information Service for Africa (Nairobi)
19 March 2008
Posted to the web 19 March 2008
Dakar
Leaders of Muslim nations attending the Organisation of the Islamic Conference here pledged to preserve world peace and security and ensure development of member countries.
They said this in a declaration dubbed 'The Dakar Declaration' at the end of the 11th summit of the OIC held March 13 to 14.
The summit supported dialogue of civilisations and recommended a preparatory phase with the holding of a major international meeting on the Islam-Christian dialogue involving governments.
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The leaders pledged to work harder to combat islamophobia, to make sure that Islam's true image is better projected the world over based on the outlines of the ten-year OIC action plan, adopted in 2005 in Mecca.
The leaders also agreed to slam all forms and demonstrations of extremism and dogmatism, incompatible with Islam which is a religion of moderation and peaceful coexistence, the Dakar Declaration said.
The declaration reiterated disapproval of terrorism, calling it a world phenomenon not related to any religion, race, colour or country.
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