Lebanese Muslims issue declaration on religious freedom
August 28, 2015
A Muslim organization associated with Lebanon’s highest Sunni authority has issued the Beirut Declaration on Religious Freedom.
“To deny Christian communities the right to exercise their religious freedom and destroy their churches, monasteries and educational and social institutions are contrary to Islam’s teachings, and are, since these abuses are made in its name, a blatant violation of its principles,” the Makassed Philanthropic Islamic Association of Beirut stated in its declaration, according to an AsiaNews report.
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