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President of the National Association of Evangelicals, Ted Haggard has joined forces with the Institute on Religion and Democracy (IRD) with the purpose of getting Christian leaders to agree to be more careful about what we say about Islam. The resulting position paper criticized disparaging Islam by certain Christian leaders including Franklin Graham.  Further, the paper implied that we are worshipping the same God, something faithful Muslims would vehemenently deny. 

Man Says: Try to formulate and celebrate common acts of worship.  As Christians who worship God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, as instructed by our Lord Jesus, we find any worship that omits those names and concepts of God (offensive to Muslims) to be impoverished rather than enriched.  We do not wish to strip our worship down to the point that Muslims would find it acceptable, nor do we require Muslims to reduce their worship to a point that would be acceptable to Christians. It is better to worship alongside Muslims, with them practicing what they consider to be proper worship while we Christians observe, and vice versa, rather than trying to have a common worship. ("Guidelines for Christian-Muslim Dialogue," Alan Wisdom, May 7, 2003, The Institute on Religion and Democracy).

God Says: "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?"

"Can two walk together, except they be agreed?"