Ten Muslims and 10 Christians from within the Diocese of Leicester returned last Saturday from a pilgrimage to holy sites in Turkey.
The visit is part of an ongoing effort to build closer ties between the two faith communities and during their time in Turkey they took time to share ideas and thoughts on the significance of the holy sites they visited from their own faiths' perspective.
Stop-offs included historically important sites such as Istanbul, Ephesus, Konya, the birthplace of the Sufi saint Rumi, and Cappadokia, and the group were also given the opportunity to learn more about modern day Turkey.
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