Syrian Patriarch: 'The West Has Betrayed Us'

Church Militant ^ | November 19, 2015 | Joseph Pelletier

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Syrian Patriarch: 'The West Has Betrayed Us'
"We Christians are not able to live in this chaos"

Church Militant
November 19, 2015

"Be careful, the situation in Syria is not like the Egyptian, Tunisian or Libyan. It is much more complex, and conflict will create only chaos and civil war." This is warning from the head of the Syrian Catholic Church, Moran Mor Ignatius Joseph III Younan.

In an interview with Le Messager, the official publication of the Catholic Church in Egypt, the patriarch emphasized that Christians in Syria "are trapped in a terrible situation." The dwindling population faces "sectarian and ethnic" warfare and "terrorist groups that use Islam as an excuse to 'purify' areas under their control in the name of religion."

"We Christians are not able to live in this chaos that produces militias, armed gangs, terrorist groups and Islamic parties," His Beatitude stressed. "But when we maintain a firm stand against these phenomena, then the West accuses us of being dictatorial."

According to Younan, Western democracies have for years conspired "against Syria and have produced the destruction of the nation's infrastructure, the demolition of houses, towns, villages, monuments and archaeological sites."

He labeled this outcome as the result of "foolish politics and of a conspiracy, under the pretext of bringing democracy to the region."

"Our nations do not easily accept democracy because there is no real separation of religion from the state," he explained. "Minorities beg to be represented in front of the Muslim majority, and they feel like immigrants in a foreign land. We Christians have been in these lands for thousands of years, long before Islam."

"The politicians of the West -- and in particular those of the United States, Britain and France -- are in favor of an endless conflict in Iraq and Syria," which in turn "has produced groups of terrorists."

The Syriac patriarch noted that both he and the rest of the Eastern patriarchs have "spoken out clearly to the West from the very beginning," explaining that the situation in Syria is much more delicate than anticipated. According to Younan, "they [the Western powers] listened and responded: 'No, the Assad regime will fall in a few months,'" which the patriarch notes has not yet happened, as he predicted.

In the five years since, the people of Syria, and Christians in particular, have received "no support" in dealing with the dangerous mess that has been created.

"The West has betrayed us," asserted Patriarch Younan.

In an exclusive interview with ChurchMilitant.com, Patriarch Younan stated how this betrayal has led to an unstoppable mass exodus of the Syrian people:

Video:

Syriac Patriarch Ignatius Yonan: The Christian West Has Betrayed Us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57VlWy2v368

[Liz]

THE MUSLIM DOCTRINE OF TAQIYYA....ITS OKAY TO LIE TO AN INFIDEL....For those with a discerning eye, taqiyya is all around us. Muslim refugees have pretended to convert to Christianity; an Islamic gunman gained entrance inside a church by feigning interest in Christian prayers. Examples abound on a daily basis.

In Turkey, to get close enough to a Christian pastor to assassinate him, a group of Muslims — including three women — feigned interest in Christianity, attended his church for over a year, and even participated in baptism ceremonies.

Said the Christian pastor: These people had infiltrated our church and collected information about me, my family and the church and were preparing an attack against us. … Two of them attended our church for over a year and they were like family. It was all a huge pretense to kill the Christian pastor.

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DUPING THE POPE Pope Francis is urging refugees be taken in and aided.....the Pope took in a family of Muslim refugees into the Papal residence.....and spoke of his being transformed by them.

Little does he know.

Hate-filled Muslims are saving their most vicious attacks for the Pope: the plan is to hang him in public from the Papal balcony and turn the Vatican into a mosque.....which means destroying 2000 years of priceless works of art.

News reports say there are scores of Muslims surrounding the Vatican....lying-in-wait in Muslim prayer rooms.

[Alberta's Child]

History will likely show that the administration of George W. Bush was no less diabolical than that of Barack Obama when it came to eradicating Christianity from the Middle East.

[trebb]

May God have mercy, forgive us our disobediance.

Our? On a personal level, perhaps - what our government does, or doesn't do, is not our personal transgression...If one is concerned about doing something, there may be avenues where one can clear his conscience by becoming a activist/fund-raiser for them.

[gaijin]

There is a War on Christianity and it appears the commanders of this fell jihad mostly live in the USA.

[amorphous]

Isaiah 5:20 comes to mind in connection with western leaders who placate Islam, especially Christian leaders:

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

Obama wearing same ring before marriage.

Bill Warner, PhD: Why We Are Afraid: 1400 Years of Fear - English No Sub-titles

[FourPeas]

Very important part. Not understanding the culture and make-up of an area and trying to foist outside ideas is a great way to create chaos out of which comes brutality.

[Fightin Whitey]

our Nation is currently run by Christ hating, and Christian hating, Marxists.

...Christ-hating, and Christian-hating, Marxist MUSLIMS.