Bush praised his close ally, Saudi King Abdullah at the conference, but actually questioned the strict Islamic prohibition of the Kingdom of apostasy, or the religion to change.
In the General Assembly, Bush noted that the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, which 60 years ago, has dedicated the “right to choose or change religions and the right to their religion in private or public.”
“The freedom includes the right of every person to practice their religion as they want,” he said in an audience of representatives from 80 countries.
Bush was an assistant at the second day of a conference convened at the initiative of King Abdullah discussed, and to avoid the religious division of society into the so-called “clash of civilizations”.
The security was almost at the UN headquarters in New York, heavily armed, stars Cruise patrol along the shore of the East River. The dam of the road in the UN was briefly closed to the caravan of Bush.
The American president from Unapologetic was the controversy over the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Many in the Islamic world, the United States, as the attacker in the two places, but Bush said that his country would “protect” the Muslims.
“Through the generations, our country to defend the religious freedom of others - the liberation of concentration camps in Europe, the protection of Muslims in countries such as Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq,” Bush said.
The two-day meeting at the United Nations, such a dialogue was billed, showed the differences between the Muslim world and Western countries to interpret the tolerance and freedom.
European speakers stressed the supremacy of human rights in speeches, the total barely Muslims criticism of governments.
During this time, the representatives of Islamic states have repeatedly pointed out what she describes as the West intolerance of Islam.
Pakistan’s President Asif Zardari has raised the issue on Thursday, saying that “the imaginary fear of Islam grew up.”
“The fear of the imagination of our religion has a new form of discrimination and leads to new tensions,” he said.
But the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said different cultures should focus on research, especially in a time of economic turbulence in the world.
“The way forward is not found work in the countries in isolation or against each other, but the countries cooperate,” he said.
“The cooperation of the population, regardless of their faith, in all continents of the world can determine whether we really a society in the world.”
King Abdullah pressed for the UN conference following the efforts to interfaith dialogue on “The World Conference on dialogue” on last July in Madrid.
His role has the criticism, notably from Human Rights Watch, described Saudi Arabia as religious repression and other freedoms.
But the leaders of the world is a praise of the king as a pioneer in the attempt to create a bridge between Islam and the Western world.
Bush thanked King Abdullah for his leadership and convince everyone, to meet and discuss the faith. ”
A Christian, the American President is being made a personal note, pointing out that “many years ago faith has changed my life.”
“The belief has me through the challenges and joys of the Presidency and my belief that through the rest of my days”, Bush said.
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