Jordan Times
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
King Meets Simon
Wiesenthal Center Delegation
Amman, June 21 (Petra)-- His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday stressed the
importance of enhancing dialogue, understanding and cooperation among followers
of different religions and urged that the values of tolerance, co-existence and
brotherhood be spread .
During a meeting with a 38-member delegation representing the Los Angeles -based
Simon Wiesenthal Center, King Abdullah said that the Amman Message, released
during the Holy Month of Ramadan last November, reflects the tolerance and
moderate values inherent in Islam, which rejects terrorism and extremism.
Key Islamic clergy and scholars will discuss how best to promote the principles
and values enshrined in Amman Message during the International Islamic
Conference due in Amman early next month.
King Abdullah emphasized that Jordan endeavors to achieve a comprehensive and
just peace in the Middle East and to ensure justice, stability and prosperous
future for all of the region's people.
Delegation members voiced appreciation for His Majesty King Abdullah's campaign
to realize regional peace and stability and his efforts to build bridges of
cooperation among people throughout the world At the end of the meeting, Marvin
Hier, founder and dean of the Simon Wiesenthal center, Presented the center's
2005 Tolerance Award to the King on behalf of the delegation, whose members hail
from the United States, Canada, France and the United Kingdom.
"We are recognizing King Abdullah for being a force for peace, moderation and
co-existence as well as for his consistent repudiation of terrorism and
extremism,' said Hier King Abdullah is the second Muslim leader to receive the
award. The first was received by His Majesty the late King Hussein, who was
given the award in 1995 when he visited the Center's Museum of Tolerance in Los
Angeles.
.