Arab Christians come out strongly against US strike in Syria

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Source: The Christian Science Monitor

At a conference of more than 50 regional Christian leaders and a handful of global Christians and Muslim scholars in Amman this week, the dangers of Western intervention to the region's Christian minorities emerged as one of the strongest themes. With political Islam on the rise after the Arab uprisings of 2011, the region's ancient Christian communities are already feeling under threat and have the recent example of the devastation of Iraq's Christian community following the US-led invasion of 2003 to make them worry about the consequences of action.

“We stress that we reject foreign interference in Syria,” said Ignatius Joseph III Younan, Patriarch of Antioch for the Syrian Catholic Church, in a statement read before the conference, which was sponsored by Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad of Jordan.

“We don’t accept any intervention by foreign powers … to protect minorities,” Pope Anba Tawadros II of Egypt’s Coptic church, who was unable to attend the conference due to the tense situation in Egypt, said in a statement. “It is basically a pretext … to advance their countries’ interest in the Middle East.”

Many Christian minorities are afraid that their communities will suffer a similar fate to Iraq's, where the US-led war and subsequent sectarian fighting pushed roughly half of the country’s 1 million Christians into exile, many for good.

Read more: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2013/0906/Arab-Christians-come-out-strongly-against-US-strike-in-Syria

[Iliyah]

1. The Christian Science Monitor?

uh huh

[Union Scribe]

2. ?

You know that's an exceptionally good paper right? Especially in regards to the topics not covered in pop culture rags that pass as newspapers in most cities?

[TM99]

3. Please read up on them.

I know they aren't sensationalistic like most mass media and they have that horrible 'Christian' word in the title, and the Christian Science Monitor is still very well respected.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Christian_Science_Monitor

[yodermon]

4. 7 Pulitzers

uh huh

[leftynyc]

8. You should be embarrassed at

your ignorance of what is a very well respected newspaper just because of its title. I mean really embarrassed.

[Douglas Carpenter]

9. you do know that in international academic circle it holds a status equal to the New York Times

or the Paris Le Monde?

[840high]

10. Best paper in the business.

[Arrowhead2k1]

11. WOW.

nt

[hrmjustin]

13. Could you explain your post.

[BlueMTexpat]

14. They have a track history of having some of the best foreign affairs coverage of

any MSM US newspaper.

Someone I know, Edward Girardet, author of "Killing the Cranes," detailing his insights of three decades in Afghanistan, was a long time reporter for the CSM. http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2011/1219/Killing-the-Cranes

[ForgoTheConsequence]

5. People are doubting the credibility of the CSM?

It is literally one of the most respected and well regarded newspapers in the English speaking world.

[Maedhros]

6. It defies the narrative, so it must be denounced. [n/t]

[carolinayellowdog]

7. Justin Amash belongs to this faith community-- Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch

Just checked his website to find his religious affiliation, because Arab Christians are so endangered right now. Here's the Wikipedia entry on the church. This denomination's headquarters is listed in the entry as Damascus, Syria.

[DeSwiss]

12. I hope the military......

...has updated their maps. Because if one is going to comport oneself as a mercenary-nation, one has to git her done!

- And git her done right!

K&R