The head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace has endorsed teaching classes on Islam in Italian public schools, reports the Italian news service AKI.The head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (Justitia et Pax) is a part of the Roman Curia dedicated to "action-oriented studies" for the international promotion of justice, peace, and human rights from the perspective of the Roman Catholic Church. has endorsed teaching classes on Islam Islam (ĭsläm`, ĭs`läm), [Arab.,=submission to God], world religion founded by the Prophet Muhammad. Founded in the 7th cent., Islam is the youngest of the three monotheistic world religions (with Judaism and Christianity). in Italian public schools, reports the Italian news service AKI. Optional courses in Catholicism are already offered. "If in a school there are 100 Muslim children, I don't see why we can't teach their religion," said Cardinal Raffaele Renato Martino His Eminence Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, J.C.D (born 23 November 1932) is an Italian churchman, Cardinal Deacon, and President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People in the Roman Catholic Church. . "Only dialogue and religious freedom can prevent fundamentalism fundamentalism. 1 In Protestantism, religious movement that arose among conservative members of various Protestant denominations early in the 20th cent. ." Renato further argued that Christian nations must treat religious minorities fairly if they expect fairness in countries where Christians are the minority. |
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