Row as Forum Cancelled: CEN 5.18.07 p 7. May 20, 2007
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A Christian-Muslim interfaith forum in Kuala Lumpur organized by the Archbishop of Canterbury has been cancelled by the Malaysian government out of fear it might provoke sectarian tensions in the Southeast Asian nation.
Scheduled for May 7-11, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Building Bridges seminar was to have brought “internationally known Islamic and Christian scholars to consider together important issues in the light of our scriptures,” the Rev. Canon Guy Wilkinson, Dr. Williams’ interfaith advisor, told The Church of England Newspaper.
“We are disappointed that the seminar was not able to take place in Malaysia and was considered inopportune by the government,” he said.
Read it all in The Church of England Newspaper.
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