National Muslim-Christian Initiative Launches
in N. America
By Ethan Cole
Christian Post Reporter
Sun, Mar. 09 2008

Christian and Muslim leaders met this past week to launch the National Muslim-Christian Initiative in North America aimed at facilitating greater understanding between the two religious communities.

Representatives of several Christian groups, including the Rev. Dr. Gwynne Guibord, consultant for interfaith relations for the Episcopal Church, and Dr. Peter Makari, co-chair of the National Council of Churches' Interfaith Relations Commission, were present at the meeting held near Washington, D.C.

The Rev. Guibord and Mohamed Elsanousi, director of communications and community outreach of the Islamic society of North America (ISNA), coordinated the meeting after several recent consultations between Muslim and Christian leaders. the rest