” “For the second year on end, the Custodian of the Holy Land, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, in cooperation with the Apostolic Nunciature, organised on 17th October in Jerusalem a meeting with the city’s Muslims on the occasion of Ramadan. The news was given yesterday by the Custody, according to which "this meeting takes inspiration from the spirit of Saint Francis who recommended to the friars living amidst Muslims: a way is that they will not do quarrels or disputes but are subjected to every human creature for the love of God". People present included the Great Mufti, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, the judge chairing the Supreme Court, Sheikh Tayseer At-Tamimi, and many religious and civilian dignitaries. After the speeches, the meeting went on with the Iftar meal that breaks the Ramadan fast. No speaker mentioned the debate aroused by Benedict XVI’s words after Ratisbon, actually "they insisted on the good general understanding that reigns amongst Christians and Muslims in the country, who are accustomed to living together for centuries and who keep having to cope with the same problems. A conviviality that, in their opinion, becomes an example for the world about the possibility of living together". ” “
