Gary Hart: “Is this the most important thing that we need to learn, and not just us standing here when I say we, I mean everyone who…”

“Is this the most important thing that we need to learn, and not just us standing here when I say we, I mean everyone who is hopefully going to be part of a dialogue among the faiths toward hopefully a more peaceful world, is something better than what we see at the typical interfaith meeting or the typical interfaith discussion, something beyond we will be nice to each other for an hour and then we will go home. We need to build real understanding and real respect for each other and for each other's rights to be here. For example, the discourse that we have been hearing that denies Israel's right to exist cannot exist in a discussion that is aimed toward peace. I would like to quote an editorial from the Wall Street Journal from a couple of days ago. ``Everyone at the table must reject the irrationality of religiously motivated violence.'' It goes on to say, ``The Pope wasn't condemning Islam. He is inviting it to join, rather than reject, the modern world.''”