Washington National Cathedral hosted a summit of Christian and Muslim faith leaders March 1–3, 2010, culminating in a public dialogue the evening of Wednesday, March 3, at 7 pm, in the Cathedral nave. This was the first of four interfaith dialogues on reconciliation by Washington National Cathedral planned with the following four principals: Ayatollah Dr. Ahmad Iravani, president of the Center for the Study of Islam & the Middle East and research scholar at the Columbus School of Law in Washington, D.C.; representing the Shi’a Muslim tradition Professor Ahmad El Tayeb, president of Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt; representing the Sunni Muslim tradition His Eminence Jean-Louis Cardinal Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, Vatican The Right Reverend John Bryson Chane, Episcopal bishop of Washington Watch the Summit’s Public Dialogue video here. For more information visit Washington National Cathedral website here. http://www.nationalcathedral.org/learn/summit2010/ From left Dr. Iravani, His Eminence Jean-Louis Cardinal Tauran, Dr. Mohamed El Tayeb, Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Bishop Chane the Episcopal Bishop of Washington Cardinal encourages Catholics, Muslims to overcome violence ( www.thebostonpilot.com) By Carol Glatz