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Syria’s most radical militant group, the Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, was battling Kurdish militias across a wide area of northern Syria and had detained people who opposed its agenda. Father Dall’Oglio decided to try to ask the group to release the detainees and negotiate a cease-fire with the Kurds, said Friedrich Bokern, chairman of Relief and Reconciliation for Syria, based in Brussels, who had spoken with the priest shortly before his disappearance. Father Dall’Oglio was totally serene about the risk,” Mr. Bokern said. “He has dedicated his life to dialogue with Islam and to Syria. This is the darkest hour of Syria, and this group is seen by many as the dark side of Islam. He had to go there
Posted on: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 02:52:17 +0000

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