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Naharnet, Lebanon
Sept 26 2013
Lebanon's military chief condemns church attacks in Syria
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea strongly condemned the attack on
two churches in Syria on Thursday evening, calling on the Free Syrian
Army to "deter extremist groups."
"These extremists harm Christians and Muslims alike and are offensive
to the values on which the Syrian revolution was based," Geagea said
in a released statement.
He explained: "These attacks are against the principles of freedom,
pluralism, equality, democracy and tolerance."
The LF leader warned that extremist groups are a danger to the Syrian
revolution.
"We strongly urge the Syrian National Coalition and the FSA to draw an
end to their dangers and stop their abuses against the revolution,
Christians, Muslims and all the freemen of Syria."
Jihadist fighters linked to Al-Qaidah set fire to statues and crosses
inside churches in northern Syria Thursday and destroyed a cross atop
the clock tower of one of them.
Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) entered
the Greek Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation in the
northern city of Raqa and torched the religious furnishings inside.
They did the same thing at the Armenian Catholic Church of the
Martyrs, and also destroyed a cross atop its clock tower, replacing it
with the ISIL flag.
Sept 26 2013
Lebanon's military chief condemns church attacks in Syria
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea strongly condemned the attack on
two churches in Syria on Thursday evening, calling on the Free Syrian
Army to "deter extremist groups."
"These extremists harm Christians and Muslims alike and are offensive
to the values on which the Syrian revolution was based," Geagea said
in a released statement.
He explained: "These attacks are against the principles of freedom,
pluralism, equality, democracy and tolerance."
The LF leader warned that extremist groups are a danger to the Syrian
revolution.
"We strongly urge the Syrian National Coalition and the FSA to draw an
end to their dangers and stop their abuses against the revolution,
Christians, Muslims and all the freemen of Syria."
Jihadist fighters linked to Al-Qaidah set fire to statues and crosses
inside churches in northern Syria Thursday and destroyed a cross atop
the clock tower of one of them.
Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) entered
the Greek Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation in the
northern city of Raqa and torched the religious furnishings inside.
They did the same thing at the Armenian Catholic Church of the
Martyrs, and also destroyed a cross atop its clock tower, replacing it
with the ISIL flag.