{"id":8983,"date":"2014-08-04T19:14:47","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T16:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sana.sy\/en\/?p=8983"},"modified":"2014-08-07T08:56:05","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T05:56:05","slug":"awkaf-minister-driving-mosul-christians-out-of-their-city-a-heinous-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/fa\/?p=8983","title":{"rendered":"Awkaf minister: Driving Mosul Christians out of their city a heinous crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Damascus, SANA-Caretaker Minister of Religious Endowments (Awkaf) Mohammad Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyed said that the displacement of the locals of the Iraqi city of Mosul by extremist groups from the Islamic State is a heinous crime against Iraq&#8217;s culture and civilization.<\/p>\n<p>During his visit, along with a delegation of Muslim clergymen, to Greek Orthodox\u00a0Patriarch\u00a0for Antioch and All the East John X\u00a0Yazigi, the minister saw that attempts to drive Christians away from their city is a conspiracy against Arab Muslims and Christians alike, and a distortion of the region&#8217;s identity.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8985 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/\u0648\u0632\u064a\u0631-381x203-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"\u0648\u0632\u064a\u0631-381x203\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/\u0648\u0632\u064a\u0631-381x203-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/\u0648\u0632\u064a\u0631-381x203-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/\u0648\u0632\u064a\u0631-381x203.jpg 381w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Christians are the inhabitants of this land\u2026they built its civilization hand in hand with the Muslims, and they will remain entrenched in this region,&#8221; he said, hailing the stances of Patriarch Yazigi who has always opposed attempts to empty the East of Christians.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8986 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/\u0648\u0632\u064a\u0631-3-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"\u0648\u0632\u064a\u0631 3\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/\u0648\u0632\u064a\u0631-3-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/\u0648\u0632\u064a\u0631-3-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/\u0648\u0632\u064a\u0631-3.jpg 381w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Syria will remain a pioneer in materializing the concept of religious tolerance that rejects extremism and violence, al-Sayyed said, affirming that Syria&#8217;s door will remain open for those at the receiving end of takfiri terrorism in Mosul and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Patriarch Yazigi, for his part, said the Syrians will remain one family living in peace and fraternity.<\/p>\n<p>Muslims and Christians have been living together on this land since time immemorial, he added, indicating that calls for Christians to leave their land are spurned.<\/p>\n<p>President of the Levant Scholars&#8217; Union Mohammad Tawfik Ramadan al-Bouti, in turn, said fraternity and Muslim-Christian coexistence has been a characteristic feature of Syria, adding conspiracies to tear apart Syria&#8217;s unique national unity will be met with failure.<\/p>\n<p>The deplorable state of affairs in Syria and the region, which is strange to its history, is a free service to Israel and the enemies of the nation, he added.<\/p>\n<p>M. Ismael<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damascus, SANA-Caretaker Minister of Religious Endowments (Awkaf) Mohammad Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyed said that the displacement of the locals of the Iraqi city of Mosul by extremist groups from the Islamic State is a heinous crime against Iraq&#8217;s culture and civilization. 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