(M.Chiara Biagioni, SIR’s correspondent in Brussels/ Malines) – "This is not about making our attitude of cooperation and dialogue with Muslims in Europe conditional on any change in the situation that may happen in other countries in the future. Dialogue can start from here and is for today". With these words, card. Jean Pierre Ricard, archbishop of Bordeaux and vice-president of Ccee, wanted to explain "not so much my opinion but rather what has been said about mutuality during this meeting". The archbishop is speaking from Brussels, where the European Islamo-Christian conference promoted by Ccee and Kek will end, and where the archbishop gave an opening address, speaking also of religious and conscientious freedom. "We he says to SIR at the end of the meeting are confident in those Muslims who really want to create an Islam of Europe, an Islam for Europe, starting from the European scenario. We are confident in them". That’s not all. Christians and Muslims are responsible for "handling a European public opinion that can be tempted by Islamo-phobia. While in some parts of the world Christians are denied religious freedom and therefore the possibility to celebrate in places of worship and sometimes they risk becoming discrminitade against, paradoxically this situation risks spreading Islamo-phobia in Europe". (continued)
