IMRA Newsletter
Catholic Patriarch: No to Judaization of Jerusalem
Abu Dhabi 2004-01-31
(SANA-Official Syrian News Agency)-
www.sana-syria.com/english/headlines/catholic_patriarch.htm
Patriarch Lutfi Laham of the Roman Catholics in the occupied Palestinian lands urged for maintaining the Arab identity of the occupied city of Jerusalem and facing attempts to Judaize the sacred city.
Patriarch Laham, in an interview published Saturday in the Emirates "Al-Khalij" daily, said Jerusalem is an Arab city and the capital of faiths for Moslems and Christians.
The Patriarch called for deepening a constructive dialogue of civilizations as well as boosting culture and trade interaction between the Arab countries and Europe, warning against Zionist Christians as they are Zionists not Christians.
Ahmad F. ZAHRA