Posted on 04/24/2015 2:17:58 PM PDT by NYer
Imam says linen cloth believed to be the burial shroud of Jesus invites us to be "brothers"
TURIN — “We decided to come as a sign, to say that we are citizens of this country and city. The Shroud draws Christians and Muslims, and in a world marked by division, it invites us to be brothers.”
This message of peace and dialogue came Wednesday from a group of Muslims who visited the Holy Shroud of Turin now on display at northern Italian city’s Cathedral. The delegation included the President of the League of Imams and Preachers of Mosques in Italy, Mohamed Bahreddine, and the spokesman for the Intercultural Center Mecca, Amir Younes.
“We need to be strong and say ‘no’ to every form of violence and terrorism, and ‘yes’ to coexistence: today we truly need this,” the delegation explained, recalling that “representatives of the Church always attend our celebrations at the end of Ramadan.”
Bahreddine described the moments passed before the Shroud as “a journey in time and history, in which we saw the figure of Jesus in the vision of our Christian brothers,” ANSA reported.
“There is something here that touches one’s soul,” added Younes, “and when this happens it is because one is in the realm of religion. We have looked on it as a moment that brings people together towards peace, a moment which we need very much today; and this is what we hope will also happen in our own regions, where war is waged for nothing.”
“I am pleased about participation,” commented Don Augusto Negri, director and chairman of the Diocesan Centre for Christian-Islamic dialogue. It signals “a desire for integration and acceptance of religious and cultural differences.”
Translation from the Italian by Diane Montagna
At least I have a bar ...If the Muslims (that have a false god and a false jesus) think this could bring christians and them together it must be a work of the devil
Muslims want to be our brothers?! Francis and the other modernists in the Church are going to eat this up.
We cant be “brothers” until we worship the same God. And since I will not bow to Satan, I will never convert to Islam. So until Islam gives up it’s moon god and converts to Christianity, we are not going to be brothers.
all others will perish in their sins..no Christ, no salvation, no heaven..one way only..Islam is a lie..
How is it that they can visit OUR religious sites, but forbid us from visiting Mecca?
Who cares? The Christian mentality should be to get as many people in contact with Christ as possible w/o the need for quid-pro-quo.
Brothers as long as the Christians submit ... pay tax, convert or be killed. Pick one ...
Turin delegation of Muslims are visiting the Shroud Exposition. Given the iconoclastic proclivities of some extreme sects of Muslims such as ISIS I don't think I'd let them any where close to the Shroud under any circumstances, bulletproof glass or not!
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