Maronite priest: Western bombing of Islamic State could worsen situation
December 12, 2014
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The general secretary of the Middle East Council of Churches warned against the bombing of the Islamic State by Western forces could worsen the situation.
Father Michel Jalakh, a Maronite Catholic, told Christian Today that “we want to help Muslims be themselves against movements such as ISIS. It is not a question of having a coalition of Western countries to bomb ISIS. They will take it as crusaders, or West against East, white against black.”
“We know that [Islamic State] is exceptional,” he added. “This movement is something many Muslims are against … I think this ridiculous thing will disappear sooner or later from the inside. We are seeing that socially, inside themselves, they have many problems. I am sure it will die sooner or later.”
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