One God?

I woke today to the sound of the Adhan - it was a beautiful sound and one very familiar to me, but today it held particular significance - the month of Ramadhan, the end of a long night , a welcome reprieve from the emotions that had been churning inside me since I arrived here.  After saying my prayers Muslim style,  I walked with Sister Juliet, one of the sisters at Providence Home, to the local village Parish church for morning mass.  It was still only 7.00am!  As I observed the mass which was attended voluntarily by about 200 locals, most of which were pupils attending before going to school, the similarities in both rituals and in the sermon were a stark reminder of how very little divides the two major religions practiced in Africa and across the globe.  Watching CNN news tonight however, you would be forgiven for thinking that differences were irreconcilable.  As my bag was searched on the way into and out of my hotel this evening (Uganda is on high terrorist alert with an imminent threat from Al- Shabaa) I pondered on how complicated the most simplest of things has become. Is it really so difficult to accept one God and to respect another's perspective on the matter?