” ” After the Vatican, the World Council of the Churches too answers the letter that 138 Muslim intellectuals sent on 13th October 2007 to the Christian leaders, including the secretary general of Wcc, Samuel Kobia. The World Council of the Churches whose members are 349 Orthodox, Anglican and Protestant Churches from 110 countries across the world had begun a consultation with the member Churches last November, in the attempt to understand how to answer to the letter. This was followed by a meeting attended by experts in Christian-Muslim dialogue. The result of the meeting was a document the text has been revealed to the press today called "Learning to explore love together". "We want to encourage our Churches explains Samuel Kobia to consider the invitation made by the Muslim leaders an opportunity for inter-religious dialogue. We hope this text can be helpful" in construing the Muslims’ letter and "starting committing ourselves to dialogue with the Muslim community". The WCC document reads: "the courage of their action must be applauded and the sincerity of their gesture must be received in the warmest manner". The text which also lists some practical measures to be taken also invites to consider "those differences" that "cannot be ignored". ” “
