Teaching interfaith initiatives (draft) : Jews and Christians in Muslim educational institutions

Education plays a key role in molding a human character. What we teach to the next generation and how we train them have a deep impact on them and on their character. This paper is to examine Muslim controversy over interfaith dialogue, discuss some of those controversial verses of the Qur’an relating to interfaith dialogue as they are taught in some Muslim traditional (Madrassah) and modern educational institutions. The paper will focus particularly on the Qur’anic use of Ahl al Kitab, and the word Kufr (disbelief or hiding the truth) and the word Wali (friend/master) including the concept of religious exclusivity.