We Will Not Be Silent On The Present Violence In Iraq-by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

[hrmjustin]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

The recent wave of violence against innocent families and children in Iraq has rendered the world shocked and horrified. We will not remain indifferent or silent before such irrational persecution, cultural intolerance and appalling loss of life, especially when it is caused by religious hatred and racial hostility.

The targeting of tens of thousands of Christians (including Arameans, Chaldeans, and Assyrians) and other religious minorities (including Turkmens, Yazidis, and Kurds) can never be justified in the name of any religious creed or conviction.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew/we-will-not-be-silent-on-_b_5678752.html?utm_hp_ref=religion

[potone]

1. I was wondering when he would weigh in.

I very much agree with his sentiments, but I wish that he had also mentioned Syria, where the situation is also horrific. Still, it is a powerful statement, and he is a good man.