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| Volume 6 Number 20 - Tuesday, May 18th, 2004 |
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Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarch: Peace Should Be Everybody's TargetAnadolu Agency: 5/13/2004, MARDIN - Peace should be everybody's target, Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew said on Thursday.
A symposium on religions and peace in the light of Prophet Abraham was held in southeastern Mardin province by Turkish Intercultural Dialogue Platform.
Speaking in the symposium, Bartholomew said that human beings had to be honest, fair and pacifist.
Bartholomew noted that they could see a few pacifists in today's world. Stating that terrorists killed people insolently, Bartholomew said, ''where are pacifists among all these agonies? We don't have any other remedy than working for peace. Let peace be our target.''
Ishak Haleva, the Chief Rabbi in Turkey, said that not only similarities, but also differences among cultures should be underlined and thus, everybody should protect all those features.
Haleva stated that thus, they should be an example for forthcoming generations. Mesrob Mutafian, the Patriarch of Armenians in Turkey, sent a message to the symposium in which he wished that that meeting would contribute to efforts to end wars and overcome violence.
Representatives of three monotheist religions sang hymns in the symposium. Many religious personalities and 40 guests from 17 countries attended the meeting.
Religious representatives later freed a pigeon. |
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