Muslim Intellectual Responses to Interfaith Dialogue and Human Fraternity Documents

Abstract

This paper discusses the intellectual response of INSISTS Muslims to interfaith dialogue and the document on human fraternity signed by Pope Francis and Imam Ahmad Al-Tayyeb which is a product of interfaith dialogue. This paper finds that INSISTS intellectuals reject interfaith dialogue as a method, but do not differ in their views on the universal values of Islam contained in the document. This paper is a literature study combined with observations on the INSISTS community. Rejection of interfaith dialogue is a consequence of a “respectful and critical” attitude towards Western discourse and the principle of caution in carrying out activities that will lead Muslims to infidelity.