By all accounts our beloved Francis would have admirably extended the hand of friendship to Muslims, but he was also very keen on assisting his new friends to open their eyes (hearts souls and minds) to a "different" way!
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: I would hazard a guess that Swedish Catholics
: are much more conciliatory, than those who
: represent the interests of immigrant
: communities in Sweden.
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: Having said that it is also true that in
: most countries recent immigrants are on the
: receiving end of high levels of
: discriminatory behaviour,
: leading me to understand that in permitting
: the call to prayer to be relayed through
: loud speakers an attempt is being made to
: offer the hand of friendship to Muslim
: immigrants.
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: Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
: Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
: ~Francis of Assisi
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