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| Religious leaders call to end sectarian violence |
| 2014-07-25 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] The religious leaders from Christian, Jewish and Moslems across the world have called for an end to the recent spate of violence in the name of religion. They made the joint appeal in a media release. The religious leaders said they were concerned about the ultimatum to the Christians to leave the town of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... . "We have also heard about the desecration of Christian holy spaces and their symbols," they said. They also termed those actions an appalling blot on the proud tradition of pluralism in a region which has been home to Chaldeans, Assyrians and other Churches of the East for more than 1,700 years. "The destruction caused by the violence has engulfed all of the diverse populations in Iraq who have been uprooted from the region in fear of their lives," said the religious leaders. They also expressed concern ...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended... over the ongoing situation in Gazoo and Israel. They appeal to the leaders and brokers of power in Mosul and around the world that the holy spaces should not devolve into venues that separate us from each other. "Instead, they [leaders] should be venues for dialogue and for conversation, so that we may recognise the values of human dignity and solidarity to which we all subscribe. Only by having these shared conversations, we will be able to better understand each other." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 There's a flaw, they only call for an end to sectarian violence, but that's ALL they call for, many people will see that as an excuse to do nothing IF it means nothing to them. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2014-07-25 15:49 |
| #2 Despicable. The question is not who is good and who is bad. The question is, who is right and who is wrong. The djinn are wrong. And they are not religious, they are djinn: ogres and ogresses. At root, it is so-called religious leaders who have caused this whole mess by their pusillanimous intellectual obfuscation of truth up and down its line. Dialogue can solve nothing and is impossible when the interlocutor is an hegemon. And there is never a religious war: http://theological-geography.net/?p=3689 |
| Posted by: TopRev 2014-07-25 13:46 |
| #1 When are they ready to condemn mulism violence/agression in Sudan,Thailand,Pakistan,Kenya,Somalia,Nigeria etc all sponsored/funded by the gulf states? |
| Posted by: Paul D 2014-07-25 03:20 |