Jordan's King Abdullah has reportedly carried this interfaith message to the UN General Assembly, the Vatican, and capitals across the West. Jordan's Prince Hassan and Prince Ghazi crisscross the globe as ambassadors for this message.
Abdullah was awarded the prestigious 2018 Templeton Prize for doing:
...more to seek religious harmony within Islam and between Islam and other religions than any other living political leader.
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Abdullah apparently overlooked promoting Muslim-Jewish interfaith relations as promised in the Peace Treaty during these important overseas trips.
A Common Word explains why Jews have been excluded from Jordan's interfaith program:
Jewish scriptures are invoked repeatedly and respectfully in the document. It is quite normal for documents to be bilateral without implying the exclusion of others. Moreover, this is a Theological document and the problems between Jews and Muslims are essentially political and thus religious de facto and not Theological de jure, with both religions having essentially the same understanding of the Unity of the One God - as we see it at least. Also, Jewish Scholars and Rabbis have participated in the Common Word Conferences in Yale and Cambridge.
Abdullah has been remiss in not promoting this message out of respect for his blessed father King Hussein's memory.
.28 years later - with relations between Jews and Muslims improving following the Abraham Accords - Jordan and Israel need to promote interfaith relations between Jews and Muslims in Jerusalem – sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims - more than ever before.
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