Islam and Peace
Progress in Inter-Religious Dialogue
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between people of different persuasions increases,
the purpose of the dialogue is served on its own.
Today, in educational institutions, offices, and
factories; in travel, on playgrounds and in national
and international activities, adherents of different
religious traditions are meeting one another on a
scale hitherto unwitnessed.
In the course of this continuous and vast
interaction, for the first time in human history,
people seem less like strangers to one another. A
great gap has been bridged. People are learning one
another’s languages. They are becoming familiar
with one another’s culture. Making concessions to
one another has become a need of the people
themselves.
These factors have brought people closer right
across the world. And it is a psychological truth that
closeness and interaction in themselves serve the
purpose of a practical dialogue. In this way, a
natural dialogue has come into existence and has
become an on-going process at all times and in all
places.
