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ARMENIAN PATRIARCH DEPLORES DESECRATION OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD
Tasnim News Agency, Iran
Jan 26 2015
January 25, 2015 - 20:30
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church
censured France for the publication of sacrilegious cartoons of Islam's
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), saying these moves indicate that the European
country has strayed far from the principles of Christianity.
"The European countries do not live according to the principles of
Christianity," Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni said in a meeting with
Head of the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization (ICRO) Abouzar
Ebrahimi Torkaman on Saturday.
He made the remarks in a reference to recent sacrilegious cartoons
published by the French weekly, Charlie Hebdo, depicting Prophet
Muhammad (PBUH).
The Armenian patriarch went on to say that sometime in the past,
France was one of the countries with deep-rooted Christian faith,
but the desecration of the Prophet Muhammad has showed that today
the country has moved far away from the principles of Christianity.
The Iranian official, for his part, said interfaith dialogue can result
in mutual understanding among faiths, and the dialogue can also play
a major role in decreasing the existing violence and extremism in
the world.
He also described relations between ICRO's Center for Interfaith
Dialogue and the Catholic Church as "close", and said the two sides
are in constant interaction with each other.
http://www.tasnimnews.com/English/Home/Single/632850
Tasnim News Agency, Iran
Jan 26 2015
January 25, 2015 - 20:30
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church
censured France for the publication of sacrilegious cartoons of Islam's
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), saying these moves indicate that the European
country has strayed far from the principles of Christianity.
"The European countries do not live according to the principles of
Christianity," Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni said in a meeting with
Head of the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization (ICRO) Abouzar
Ebrahimi Torkaman on Saturday.
He made the remarks in a reference to recent sacrilegious cartoons
published by the French weekly, Charlie Hebdo, depicting Prophet
Muhammad (PBUH).
The Armenian patriarch went on to say that sometime in the past,
France was one of the countries with deep-rooted Christian faith,
but the desecration of the Prophet Muhammad has showed that today
the country has moved far away from the principles of Christianity.
The Iranian official, for his part, said interfaith dialogue can result
in mutual understanding among faiths, and the dialogue can also play
a major role in decreasing the existing violence and extremism in
the world.
He also described relations between ICRO's Center for Interfaith
Dialogue and the Catholic Church as "close", and said the two sides
are in constant interaction with each other.
http://www.tasnimnews.com/English/Home/Single/632850