ATLANTA (AP) β Former President Jimmy Carter says his Carter Center continues to promote women’s equality with international religious leaders.
Carter says his non-profit has been trying to convince Christian and Muslim clergy that their Scriptures don’t teach that women are subservient to men.
At a Carter Center event Tuesday evening, the former president said that in the Bible and Quran “there is no allegation by God or Allah that women are inferior in any way.” He said clerics are being pointed to parts of their Scriptures that guarantee equality of treatment for women.
Carter said a recent Sunday school lesson he taught on forgiveness also applied to international diplomacy, where deep grievances often must be forgiven.
But the former president called for the destruction of the Islamic State group, noting its persecution of Christians and others it disagrees with.
On a personal note, Carter said treatments for his brain cancer have started and are going well so far.
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