Dialog between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have been continuing for decades. For example: The Joint declaration of the (Catholic) Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and the Centre for Inter-religious Dialogue of the Islamic Culture and Relations Organisation (Tehran, Iran) at the conclusion of the sixth Colloquium held in Rome from 28 - 30 April 2008 states that the participants agreed upon the following: 1. Faith and reason are both gifts of God to mankind. 2. Faith and reason do not contradict each other, but faith might in some cases be above reason, but never against it. 3. Faith and reason are intrinsically non-violent. Neither reason nor faith should be used for violence; unfortunately, both of them have been sometimes misused to perpetrate violence. In any case, these events cannot question either reason or faith. 4. Both sides agreed to further co-operate in order to promote genuine religiosity, in particular spirituality, to encourage respect for symbols considered to be sacred and to promote moral values. 5. Christians and Muslims should go beyond tolerance, accepting differences, while remaining aware of commonalities and thanking God for them. They are called to mutual respect, thereby condemning derision of religious beliefs. 6. Generalization should be avoided when speaking of religions. Differences of confessions within Christianity and Islam, diversity of historical contexts are important factors to be considered. 7. Religious traditions cannot be judged on the basis of a single verse or a passage present in their respective holy Books. A holistic vision as well as an adequate hermeneutical method is necessary for a fair understanding of them. For the complete Declaration, see: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/interelg/documents/rc_pc_interelg_doc_20080430_rome-declaration_en.html Also see: http://www.usccb.org/seia/history.shtml With love in Christ.