So eventually, our mutual ignorance of each other's faith cancelled each other out and we found ourselves at a stalemate, a common ground beyond our misunderstandings, where we could begin a healthy and open dialogue about the similarities and differences between Christianity and Islam… but our face to face dialogues helped us begin to comprehend with some degree of clarity what the other group actually believed. Brandan Roberston
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This quote is from a speech given by Pope Benedict XVI during a meeting with members of the interfaith dialogue between Jews, Christians and Muslims. The meeting took place in 2011, approximately 200 years after the beginning of large scale persecutions of Jews, Christians and Muslims. In this quote, the Pope states that the dialogue has been successful to a certain extent. However, the dialogues have not been able to uncover many of the beliefs or practices that separate these three religions from each other.

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