Denmark-raised former minister Melchior calls for dialogue

15 February 2015, 7:48 pm

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In a blog post for The Times of Israel, Denmark-raised former minister Michael Melchior, whose son Yair is currently chief rabbi of the country, calls for a dual track of fighting terror and seeking understanding with Islam in the wake of the attack.

“We will not hide. We will not run away, and in parallel, we will not stop our efforts to conduct a dialogue and to build coalitions with the world around us, including with Islam. This is the only way to isolate from within us those who identify with the insane messages of ISIS, [al-Qaeda] and the like,” he writes.

“Like in France, this attack, as well, was an attempt to harm the general civilization, and the Jewish life of which it is a part.”