Ahmadinejad and Peace?

The World Council of Churches in partnership with the Episcopal Church are sponsoring an international dialogue between religious leaders and political Leaders. The theme of the dialogue is “Has not one God created us? The significance of religious contributions to peace.” Then here comes the interesting part, one of the guest speakers will be Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad! Here are some quotes from Ahmadinejad;

"they have invented a myth that Jews were massacred."

"anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury."

What a peaceful man! I understand the idea of mending fences and fostering peace but some people by their prior statements exclude themselves from talks on peace

Here is a comment from the Mennonite Central Committee who will also be in attendance "MCC is troubled by reports of increased religious persecution in Iran and the expanding use of the death penalty to punish religious converts."

They are troubled that Iran is expanding the use of the death penalty to punish religious converts, TROUBLED!? As a Christian I will pray for Iran and their president, based on my own interactions in Islamic country's I can tell you that I love my Arab brothers and sisters... but I am more then troubled by the persecution of members of any faith.

There is something fundamentally wrong with the way this dialogue is being executed.