Imam Yahya Hendi, a Muslim chaplain at Georgetown University in the Unites States, on Friday stressed the need for inter-religious dialogue among Muslims, Christians and Jews to eliminate terrorism. Muslims can promote the true image of Islam through inter-religious dialogues, Imam Hendi told a ‘Meet the press’ programme at the Lahore Press Club. He said that all sects within Islam should begin dialogue to create harmony in the Muslim world. He urged the Muslim world and the West to begin dialogue to resolve longstanding disputes. He called Kashmir and Palestine core issues which must be resolved to attain peace. Praising President Musharraf’s address to the Jewish Congress, Imam Hendi said it was a bold step that would result in peace. Hendi said that dialogue did not mean surrendering basic principles of any religion. He said that suicide bombing was illegal according to Islamic jurisprudence. He condemned the US aggression against Afghanistan and Iraq as well as the organisations preaching suicide bombings.