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King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia — speech launching his interfaith-dialogue initiative, ~March 2008 (per AP): a call for dialogue among Muslims, Christians and Jews, putting "the Quran, the Torah and the Bible" on common ground, with his senior clerics' backing. [Second doc — distinct INTERFAITH / religion-and-society axis, vs his Arab Peace Initiative doc.]

English SA flag Saudi Arabia 2008-03-24 Tier 2 — primary or translation 36 words

Politician: King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz

Original source: https://www.statesboroherald.com/local/associated-press/saudi-king-abdullah-calls-for-interfaith-dialogue-between-muslims-christians-and-jews/

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That is an unacceptable behavior to all religions, to the Quran, the Torah and the Bible. We ask God to save humanity. There is a lack of ethics, loyalty and sincerity for our religions and humanity.

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[SECOND DOCUMENT for King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, covering a DISTINCT axis from his existing one (the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative — the Israeli–Palestinian / Arab-normalization foreign-policy axis). This document is his INTERFAITH-DIALOGUE / religion-and-society axis. Source: Associated Press report (via the Statesboro Herald) on his speech launching the initiative, reported as delivered "late Monday" (~24 March 2008; date approximate); original Arabic, English translation quoted; tier-2; both segments confirmed verbatim against the fetched page. CONTEXT NOTE: in the speech he lamented that "the family system has weakened and that atheism has increased," and the quoted "That" refers to that lament; the AP report frames the speech as King Abdullah CALLING FOR INTERFAITH DIALOGUE among Muslims, Christians and Jews, and notes that the country's top clerics gave him the green light to pursue the idea.] A distinct declared position of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz — King of Saudi Arabia and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. Breaking with the Saudi religious establishment's traditional posture, he launched an unprecedented INTERFAITH-DIALOGUE initiative calling for reconciliation among Muslims, Christians and Jews and placing the three Abrahamic scriptures on common moral ground: decrying moral decline as "unacceptable behavior to all religions, to the Quran, the Torah and the Bible," and praying "God to save humanity" amid "a lack of ethics, loyalty and sincerity for our religions and humanity." This is the religious-MODERATION / interfaith-tolerance pole — a Saudi monarch, with his senior clerics' assent, sponsoring dialogue across the Abrahamic faiths (the initiative led to the July 2008 Madrid interfaith conference and the later King Abdullah dialogue centre). [Axes: religion-and-society / interfaith (dialogue and common ground among Islam, Christianity and Judaism; religious tolerance and moderation; rejection of fanaticism), religious-authority / reform (a top-down royal initiative, with clerical assent, opening the Wahhabi establishment toward inter-religious engagement), values / morality (shared moral concern across faiths against secularization and moral decline). NOTE: a declared-position document — King Abdullah's stated interfaith position as reported, scoped to the religion-and-society axis his existing document does not cover.]

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Abdulaziz, K. A. B.. (2008). King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia — speech launching his interfaith-dialogue initiative, ~March 2008 (per AP): a call for dialogue among Muslims, Christians and Jews, putting "the Quran, the Torah and the Bible" on common ground, with his senior clerics' backing. [Second doc — distinct INTERFAITH / religion-and-society axis, vs his Arab Peace Initiative doc.]. statesboroherald.com. Retrieved July 28, 2026, from https://www.statesboroherald.com/local/associated-press/saudi-king-abdullah-calls-for-interfaith-dialogue-between-muslims-christians-and-jews/
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Abdulaziz, King Abdullah bin. 2008. "King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia — speech launching his interfaith-dialogue initiative, ~March 2008 (per AP): a call for dialogue among Muslims, Christians and Jews, putting "the Quran, the Torah and the Bible" on common ground, with his senior clerics' backing. [Second doc — distinct INTERFAITH / religion-and-society axis, vs his Arab Peace Initiative doc.]." statesboroherald.com. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://www.statesboroherald.com/local/associated-press/saudi-king-abdullah-calls-for-interfaith-dialogue-between-muslims-christians-and-jews/.
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@misc{doc-document-807080e2-ed95-4701-8a97-fb30b77d5200,
  author       = {Abdulaziz, King Abdullah bin},
  title        = {King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia — speech launching his interfaith-dialogue initiative, ~March 2008 (per AP): a call for dialogue among Muslims, Christians and Jews, putting "the Quran, the Torah and the Bible" on common ground, with his senior clerics' backing. [Second doc — distinct INTERFAITH / religion-and-society axis, vs his Arab Peace Initiative doc.]},
  year         = {2008},
  date         = {2008-03-24},
  howpublished = {Online; hosted at statesboroherald.com},
  url          = {https://www.statesboroherald.com/local/associated-press/saudi-king-abdullah-calls-for-interfaith-dialogue-between-muslims-christians-and-jews/},
  urldate      = {2026-07-28},
  note         = {Retrieved via Tayyar at https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/documents/807080e2-ed95-4701-8a97-fb30b77d5200},
}

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