“Fitzgerald”; A priest calls for knowledge of Islam and the Holy Qur’an

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> **Michael Fitzgerald**, a priest in the Catholic Church and a specialist in Islamic affairs, has served as a representative of the Vatican in Tunisia, Egypt, and Uganda. For many years, he has been calling on Christians to become acquainted with the Islamic faith and the Holy Qur’an.
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> The International Quran News Agency reported, citing the media website **NPR**, that **Michael Fitzgerald** was in the prime of his youth when he decided to travel from his homeland, Britain, to Africa for missionary work. After eight years, he began studying **Islamic law** and learned the **Arabic language** in Tunisia.
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> Since then, he has used his position to promote understanding between Muslims and Christians, and from that time onward he became a Catholic priest specializing in Islamic affairs.
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> Fitzgerald served as the **senior priest in Tunisia**, the **Vatican ambassador to Egypt**, and also the **Vatican’s representative to the Arab League**. He is currently working to support friendship among religions by teaching the Qur’an to Catholic students.
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> For many years, he has encouraged Christians to learn about the Islamic religion and its holy book, the Noble Qur’an.
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> Some people could not tolerate a call toward Islam coming from a Catholic priest, but Fitzgerald, through his level of knowledge of Islam, was able to convince Muslim scholars of this.
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> **Zeki Saritoprak**, director of the Center for Islamic Studies at **John Carroll University** and a doctor of Islamic law, says that he has known Fitzgerald for a decade and has not seen any error in his teaching about Islam.
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> Zeki Saritoprak adds that Islamic traditions strongly emphasize specialization in a given field, and that our noble Prophet **(PBUH)** stressed the necessity of accepting the truth no matter who speaks it.

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