VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican is urging Muslim leaders to denounce the barbarity of the Islamic States attacks against Christians and other minorities in Iraq, saying their credibility is on the line. The Vaticans Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, the main Vatican office that deals with the Muslim world, said Tuesday that the forced expulsions and massacres of Christians and minority Yazidis shamed humanity and couldnt be justified by any religion. The office said the unspeakable criminal acts -- the beheading, crucifying and hanging of bodies in public places, the barbaric practice of infibulation, the abduction of women and girls as spoils of war, and the destruction of Christian religious symbols -- required a clear and courageous stance on the part of religious leaders, especially Muslims. Read more: ctvnews.ca/world/vatican-condemns-barbarity-of-attacks-against-iraq-s-christians-1.1956121#ixzz3AdadcpZj
Posted on: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 08:51:21 +0000
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