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Christian Arabs Said Leaving Jerusalem
Are they moving to Detroit?
Jordanâs king told the archdruid archbishop of Canterbury Monday that Israelâs presence in Jerusalem has prompted many Christian Arabs to leave the city and move to the suburbs. "Christian Arab existence in Jerusalem is being threatened because its Arab population is emigrating in view of the Israeli occupation of the holy city," said Abdullah II, according to the official Petra news agency.
Abdullah is making a play here.
Petra said Rowan Williams, world archdruid leader of the Anglican Church, listened to Abdullahâs views on the issue during a meeting at a royal palace in Amman. Williams, who arrived in Jordan late Sunday, is on a regional tour which will take him to Israel and the Palestinian territories. In a sermon Monday, Williams urged his Anglican congregation at Ammanâs Episcopal Church to follow the example of Jesus Christ in "building bridges into the suffering of another" and in living at peace with themselves and others in their community. "We are able at last to recognize that evil is not somewhere out there in the stranger, the enemy, but in our own hearts," he said at the Mass attended by royal family members and leaders of other Christian communities.
He seems to have uttered a vaguely Christian thought. Didnât know he had it in him anymore.
Christians make up 6 percent of Jordanâs 5.1 million population, with the rest of the population Muslim.
| I think His Excellency the Archdruid is hiding in the bushes of the individual sinners to avoid seeing the greater institutional evil around him. The institutionalized corruption, cruelty, and organized murder that characterizes Paleostine and those who make it go makes individual shortcomings look pretty small potatoes. In this case, the evil that's out there in the stranger is much more horrifying than what's found in individual hearts... |
Posted by: Steve White 2004-01-27 |
