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  • World 'Cannot Keep Silent About the Existence of the So-called ISIS,

    Assyrian International News Agency AINA
    Sept 1 2014


    World 'Cannot Keep Silent About the Existence of the So-called ISIS,'
    Patriarchs Declare


    http://www.catholic.org
    Posted 2014-09-01 22:37 GMT

    Meeting at the Maronite Catholic patriarchate at Bkerke, north of
    Beirut, Catholic and Orthodox patriarchs convened for a special summit
    to address the crisis in Iraq and Syria. Later joined by the United
    Nations' special coordinator in Lebanon and the ambassadors of the
    five permanent member-countries of the U.N. Security Council, the
    patriarchs called for worldwide efforts to eradicate terrorist groups.

    All denounced attacks on Christians and called for greater
    international involvement.

    "The very existence of Christians is at stake in several Arab
    countries - notably in Iraq, Syria and Egypt - where they have been
    exposed to heinous crimes, forcing them to flee," the patriarchs said
    in a statement.

    They highlighted the indifference of both Islamic authorities and the
    international community over attacks against Christians, who have been
    in the region for 2,000 years.

    "What is painful is the absence of a stance by Islamic authorities,
    and the international community has not adopted a strict stance
    either," the patriarchs said.

    "We call for issuing a fatwa that forbids attacks against others," they said.

    "The international community cannot keep silent about the existence of
    the so-called ISIS," the patriarchs said, referring to the Islamic
    State. "They should put an end to all extremist terrorist groups and
    criminalize aggression against Christians and their properties."

    The meeting was a follow-up to their first summit earlier this month,
    in addition to a trip by several of them to Irbil, the capital of
    Iraq's Kurdish region.

    The prelates stressed the need for cutting off the sources of
    terrorism. They called upon the nations of the world to deprive
    extremist groups of resources by compelling countries financing them
    to stop their support.

    Solutions, they say must include "dealing with the reasons that
    produced the miseries in the Middle East." Harmony must be restored
    between the components of these countries, they said.

    "The international community must act and eradicate" the Islamic
    State, the patriarchs said. "This is required from the United Nations
    and the U.N. Security Council.

    "We must stop using extremists, terrorists and mercenaries and (stop)
    supporting, financing and arming them," they said.

    The summit, presided by Cardinal Bechara Rai, Maronite patriarch, and
    was attended by: Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II;
    Armenian Catholic Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni; Melkite
    Catholic Patriarch Gregoire III Laham; Syriac Catholic Patriarch
    Ignace Joseph III Younan; Catholicos Aram of Cilicia, patriarch of the
    Armenian Apostolic Church; Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako; a
    representative of the Greek Orthodox Church; and the head of the
    Evangelical Council, Rev. Salim Sahyouni.


    http://www.aina.org/news/20140901183754.htm

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