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"A sort of road map with concrete proposals to be submitted to priests, bishops and all the other brothers and sisters": Card. Jean-Louis Tauran spoke those words during the annual plenary assembly of the Papal Council for interreligious dialogue, presided over by him, which lasted until 9th June. During the assembly, they also talked about the new guidelines for interreligious dialogue. With respect to the previous ones issued at the beginning of the nineties, said the Cardinal to Terrasanta.net, these ones (which are not ready, yet) "should be more concrete, and we intend to adapt them to any situations". No special emphasis will be devoted to Islam. "We shall take into consideration all religions. We are somewhat hostages of Islam, to a certain extent, which is very important, but there are also other great religious traditions in Asia. By now, the people are obsessed with Islam. All religions are equal. There are no first class and second class religions. Interreligious dialogue - he added - is neither a sociologic analysis, nor a political strategy. It is a religious activity, and the language of religion is prayer". Among the words heard at the assembly, there was also "reciprocity". Tauran said: "What is good for me is also good for the neighbour. Therefore, if Muslims may have mosques in the West, we should be treated in the same way in Islamic countries. And that never happens, in lots of countries".

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