More than 130 Muslim scholars have written to Pope Benedict XVI and other Christian leaders urging greater understanding between the two faiths.
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One of the signatories, Dr Aref Ali Nayed, a senior adviser at the Cambridge Inter-faith Programme at Cambridge University, told the BBC that the document should be seen as a landmark.
“There are Sunnis, Shias, Ibadis and even the… Ismailian and Jaafari schools, so it’s a consensus,” he said.
Professor David Ford, director of the programme, said the letter was unprecedented.
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Complete at BBC News.
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