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The Effect Quality of the Intercultural Dialogues… S.H.A. Shah Rizvi and M. Alviri / (77

               Lord. No fear for them, nor            us  to  communicate  with
               will they grieve. (Quran, 2: 62)       them and conversing.

               -    For      the    [Muslim]             People  of  the  Book  are
               believers,  the  Jews,  the            the  class  on  which  Islam
               Sabians, and the Christians-           had  a  great  emphasis  and

               those  who  believe  in  God           pushed Muslims forward to
               and  the  Last  Day  and  do           engage  in  dialogue  with
               good  deeds-  there  is  no            them upon the commonalities:

               fear:  they  will  not  grieve.        -  Say,  People  of  the  Book,
               (Ibid, 5: 69)                          let us arrive at a statement
               - As for the believers, those          that  is  common  to  us  all:

               who  follow  the  Jewish               we worship God alone, we
               faith,  the  Sabians,  the             ascribe no partner to Him,
               Christians,  the  Magians,             and none of us takes others

               and the idolaters, God will            beside     God  as       lords.
               judge between them on the              (Quran, 3: 64)
               Day  of  Resurrection;  God            - [Believers], argue only in
               witnesses  all  things.  (Ibid,        the  best  way  with  the

               22: 17)                                People of the Book, except
                                                      with those of them who act
                   6.  Dialogue with People           unjustly.  Say,  ‘We  believe
                      of the Book                     in what was revealed to us
               Getting     aware      of    the       and  in  what  was  revealed

               Quranic  classification  of            to  you;  our  God  and  your
               people,  we  have  to  know            God is one [and the same];
               who  the  Quran  encourages            we  are  devoted  to  Him.

                                                      (Ibid, 29: 46)
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