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LONDON — A clash between Muslims and Christians in the Middle East is not inevitable, because of the “ample” examples of interfaith co-operation and the shared duty “to do good”. This was the message delivered by Princess Badiya bint El Hassan of Jordan, in her Friends of BibleLands annual lecture on Wednesday of last week. She is the first Muslim to give the lecture. “It is not correct to think of Judaeo-Christian values as distinct from Islamic values,” she said. “Yes, just as children from the same parents differ, we do differ . . . over certain doctrinal points and ritual practices. But we share what is most important — the belief in an all-powerful God, and, flowing from that, belief in the values of equality and practical compassion.” Given the instruction to “do good” as stewards of the world, it was “much more efficient” if members of the Abrahamic faiths “co-operate and strive to do so to-gether”. Princess Badiya described the “dwindling” number of Christians in the Middle East as “a tragedy for the region as a whole”. Many Christians in the region had come to fear