“Every religion has the right to respect”, but it must also “respect the other”, according to the “golden rule” of the interreligious dialogue: “Don’t do other people what you wouldn’t like to be done to you”. Those words were written by Msgr Pierre Bücher, president of the “Islam” workshop of the Swiss Bishops’ Conference in a note made known today. “If the Declaration of Human Rights provides for the right to freedom of thought and expression, this does not imply the right to offend the religious feelings of believers”. “However went on the bishop respect and tolerance are not one-way streets. Every religion must respect the other”.
