Sheikh Mohamed Al Sayyid Tantawi, the grand imam of Al Azhar, is the highest authority in Sunni Islam. He argues that people of different faiths should understand their relationship to each other by laying a basis of respect. We recognize it but all the efforts must go to find common values, such as justice and the dignity of man. It is meant to steer Catholics toward the Church's evangelizing mission in the face of the globalization of religion. With eastern religions showing up in Western Europe, and Protestantism showing up in Western Europe and Latin America in places it has never been before, the Catholic Church is saying we're not all the same.
Catholics have the opportunity to evangelize based on church teaching.