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PRESIDENT AL-ASSAD: LINE SHOULD BE DRAWN BETWEEN FANATICISM AND RELIGIOUS FAITH
22/12/2014
Damascus, SANA-President Bashar al-Assad said the Syrians are quite
aware of the truth about the situation in their own country, which
opens up new prospects for religious work for drawing a line between
subversive fanaticism and genuine faith.
The President's comments came during his meeting with a delegation of
Muslim and Christian clergymen who are taking part in the Religious
Endowments (Awqaf) Ministry's annual conference which kicked off in
Damascus on Sunday.
Genuine religious faith, said the President, is underpinned by ethics,
amity, cooperation and respecting the other as diametrically opposed to
"subversive fanaticism".
He underlined religious clergymen's significant role in enhancing
national reconciliations and disseminating a culture of dialogue
among the Syrian people.
The President said such meetings carry great connotations on the
national and historic levels as they reflect the unity and cohesion of
the Syrian society which is rich in religious and ethnic components,
attributing to it Syria's epic steadfastness against the fierce
campaign targeting it.
The participants, for their part, voiced confidence that Syria will
remain a mosaic of cultural diversity that will be preserved by the
Syrian people's steadfastness and rejection of takfiri thoughts that
are alien to the Syrian society.
At the end of the meeting, Endowments Minister Mohammad Abdul Sattar
al-Sayyed handed over to President al-Assad, on behalf of participants
in the conference, a draft of "Fadila (Virtue)" project, the key
topic on the conference's agenda.
Manal Ismael http://www.sana.sy/en/?p=22482
From: A. Papazian
22/12/2014
Damascus, SANA-President Bashar al-Assad said the Syrians are quite
aware of the truth about the situation in their own country, which
opens up new prospects for religious work for drawing a line between
subversive fanaticism and genuine faith.
The President's comments came during his meeting with a delegation of
Muslim and Christian clergymen who are taking part in the Religious
Endowments (Awqaf) Ministry's annual conference which kicked off in
Damascus on Sunday.
Genuine religious faith, said the President, is underpinned by ethics,
amity, cooperation and respecting the other as diametrically opposed to
"subversive fanaticism".
He underlined religious clergymen's significant role in enhancing
national reconciliations and disseminating a culture of dialogue
among the Syrian people.
The President said such meetings carry great connotations on the
national and historic levels as they reflect the unity and cohesion of
the Syrian society which is rich in religious and ethnic components,
attributing to it Syria's epic steadfastness against the fierce
campaign targeting it.
The participants, for their part, voiced confidence that Syria will
remain a mosaic of cultural diversity that will be preserved by the
Syrian people's steadfastness and rejection of takfiri thoughts that
are alien to the Syrian society.
At the end of the meeting, Endowments Minister Mohammad Abdul Sattar
al-Sayyed handed over to President al-Assad, on behalf of participants
in the conference, a draft of "Fadila (Virtue)" project, the key
topic on the conference's agenda.
Manal Ismael http://www.sana.sy/en/?p=22482
From: A. Papazian