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Politics behind rift between West-Muslim world, says UN
By: Sultan Ahmed
ISTANBUL, Turkey: The United Nations secretary-general Kofi
Annan said politics, and not religion, is at the heart of the
growing rift between the West and the Muslim world and any
broad solution to the problem must include an end to the
Arab-Israeli conflict.
Annan made the comments on Monday, as he held talks with
scholars, politicians and religious leaders to discuss ways to
improve relations between ''East'' and ''West''.
"We should start by reaffirming and demonstrating that the
problem is not the Quran or the Torah or the Bible," he said
in response to a report by the multinational group of scholars
that sets out proposals to overcome the problem.
"Indeed, I have often said that the problem is never the
faith, it is the faithful and how they behave towards each
other."
The report said the Arab-Israeli conflict is a critical symbol
of the deepening rift and called for the resumption of the
Middle East peace process, UN officials said.
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