ABSTRACT
Since the emergence of Islam as a religion with global presence, dialogue between Christians and Muslims can be found in the common history of relationships between these religions along with other modalities ranging from tolerance and parallelism through to pressure and violence. Coming out of Turkey, a key part of Muslim world that has never been colonised by western powers is Hizmet, an islamically inspired movement that has grown up around the teachings, example and influence of Turkish Muslim religious scholar Muhammad Fethullah Gulen. The role of societal change in contributing to the development of specific Christian–Muslim initiatives can be seen in aspects of the historical origin of Christian Muslim Forum (CMF) in Britain, founded in 2006. The Scriptural Reasoning Society is a network of a range of local groups in universities, churches, temples and mosques in the UK that are dedicated to 'Scriptural Reasoning', understood as the shared reading of their sacred scriptures by Jews, Christians, Muslims and others.
