Criticism of Interfaith Dialogue
The group Hizb ut-Tahrir rejects the concept of interfaith dialogue, stating that it is a western tool to enforce non-Islamic policies in the Islamic world.
Conversely, organisations labelled as extremist have been accused of adopting interfaith dialogue as a political front, as well as to raise funds. One commentator has noted of Islamist groups, that, "Interfaith is the perfect ‘do-good’ agenda with which to legitimise their reputation and obfuscate their genuine, more sinister, intentions."
British MP Paul Goodman has questioned the UK Government's decision to fund Campusalam, a University interfaith group, that has received under half a million pounds of taxpayers' money, despite the group's open links to the Lokahi Foundation, widely considered to be an Islamist organisation.
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