Something heartening for a change. This comes in from David Sasson. The writer of the article is wrong - this is not the first time this kind of inetrfaith dialogue has been promoted by an Arab state with no ties with Israel. Qatar has done this more than once. However this is a breakthrough for Saudi Arabia:The International Media Council of the Next Century Foundation is convinced that the honesty or dishonesty of media affects the mental health of the world. Freedom of expression is vital as a means of permitting all views to flourish peacefully. It is a cliché that the price of this freedom must be continual vigilance – in particular vigilance to identify and expose the encouragement of malice, war and the incident of hate speech and image.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Saudi King Calls for Dialogue
Something heartening for a change. This comes in from David Sasson. The writer of the article is wrong - this is not the first time this kind of inetrfaith dialogue has been promoted by an Arab state with no ties with Israel. Qatar has done this more than once. However this is a breakthrough for Saudi Arabia:
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