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FPM Bloc Urges End of Takfiri Attacks against Nuns in Syria
[An Nahar] Change and Reform bloc urged on Tuesday stopping Takfiri...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... s from attacking nuns and holding them captive in Syria, warning of "a danger on the lives of Christians" in Leb and the East. "Our lives and our future are in danger and everything the East and Leb were built upon is also under threat," MP Alain Aoun stated after the weekly meeting of the Free Patriotic Movement Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic... MPS. He added: "We all warn against the danger of Takfiris and if their ideology is not capable of tolerating a nun, how can it accept any other political ideology?" "We hope everyone condemns the kidnapping of the nuns (in Syria) and employs their international connections to free them." 12 nuns were reported missing on Monday, as Syria's rebel forces, including jihadists from the al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Nusra Front, recaptured the Syrian famed Christian town of Maalula, which lies north of Damascus. The nuns among the few residents left in the hamlet, and were sheltering inside the Mar Takla convent. Religious officials said on Tuesday that the Syrian rebels have taken the nuns to the nearby rebel stronghold of Yabrud. Posted by: Fred 2013-12-04 |
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