Focus on Sudan, Pakistan, Programme for Christian Muslim relations in Africa, Egypt, Iraq, Malaysia, Nigeria and UK

The February 2010 issue of the Digest of Christian-Muslim relations, which is produced by the Anglican Communion Network for Inter Faith Concerns in fulfilment of the mandate given to it by the 1998 Lambeth Conference, is now available on this website at http://nifcon.anglicancommunion.org/digest/docs/digest11.cfm

This issue reports on the visit to Britain of the Archbishop of Sudan, Daniel Deng, to raise awareness of the fragility of the peace in Sudan as the south prepares for a referendum in early 2011 on self-determination, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s delegation to Pakistan and the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Programme for Christian-Muslim Relations in Africa.

It also reports on recent events in Egypt, Iraq, Malaysia and Nigeria, where violence has broken out and churches have been attacked. In each of these cases the Digest had reported on the situation during 2009 and it is sad to be reporting on events once again as violence continues.

Other events reported on in this issue include the tensions in the UK over the proposed actions of a radical group, Islam4UK, and the apparent increase in mistrust of Muslims, according to the British Social Attitudes survey.

For further information or to request a copy of the digest by email (or for exceptional reasons in print form) please contact: rana.khan@anglicancommunion.org