FORMER PM LAUNCHES MALAYSIAN CHAPTER OF GLOBAL COMPASSION CHARTER

PETALING JAYA (Malaysia), Nov 12 (Bernama) -- Former prime minister Abdullah
Ahmad Badawi Thursday launched the Malaysian chapter of the worldwide 'Charter
For Compassion'.

Describing the charter as a cooperative effort to restore compassionate
thinking and action, he said its global launch was a noble initiative to
understanding compassion among people of different faiths and providing help to
the needy.

Chairman of Charter For Compassion in Malaysia Dr Chandra Muzaffar said the
project was one of the most urgent tasks to build a global community where men
and women of all races, nations and ideologies could live in peace.

The charter was mooted in February last year by Karen Armstrong, a former
Roman Catholic nun who authored more than 20 books on common ideas in Islam,
Judaism and Christianity.
-- BERNAMA