{"id":54703,"date":"2018-01-27T12:52:52","date_gmt":"2018-01-27T10:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=54703"},"modified":"2018-02-07T10:05:21","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T08:05:21","slug":"%d9%85%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%af%d8%a6-%d9%85%d8%b9%d9%8b%d8%a7-%d9%84%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%85-2712018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d9%85%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%af%d8%a6-%d9%85%d8%b9%d9%8b%d8%a7-%d9%84%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%85-2712018\/","title":{"rendered":"Principles \u2013 \u201cTogether… Towards Peace\u201d \u2013 Saturday, 27th of January, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0In the previous article, we discussed \u201cworking together\u201d as one of the secrets needed for any work success, while for the other half, it is \u201cterrorism\u201d, which waves have broken throughout the world to an extent pushing humanity into a dark tunnel, in a serious challenge for all human and religious values and traditions which elevate and appreciate man\u2019s value and dignity. This requires all people to stand together in order to confront and eradicate it.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Terrorism roots are found in negative thoughts about life meaning and others\u2019 eligibility for it on one side, and rejecting the other from another side, which pushed some towards shedding blood without any fault or guilt committed, our days thus are filled with non stopping blood.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Terrorism is a danger carrying nothing but devastation features; human devastation that plunders humanity features, a devastation for home, about which Imam Muhammad Abduh spoke:\u00a0\u201cWhen sects dispute, and each is occupied with what belittles the other, all their endeavors then are harmful to their homelands.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>a devastation for religious teachings, which have never sought one day save for adopting peace for humanity, rejecting all means of extremism and terrorism; Religions have urged for lofty virtues:<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0–\u00a0They called for love, toleration and brotherhood, as the Bible says:<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u201cLove your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you\u201d,<\/span><\/h2>\n

and in Quran:\u00a0\u201cO mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0–\u00a0They urged for peace, as the Bible says:\u00a0\u201cBlessed are the peacemakers\u201d,<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

while the Quran makes peace one of the names attributed to Allah:<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u201cAllah is He, than Whom there is no other god;- the Sovereign,<\/span><\/h2>\n

the Holy One, the Source of Peace (and Perfection)\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0–\u00a0They demanded mercy and kindness, as the Bible says:\u00a0\u201cLet not mercy and truth forsake you\u201d<\/span>, and in Quran:\u00a0\u201cAnd We placed in the hearts of those who followed him compassion and mercy\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0–\u00a0As for justice, the Bible says:\u00a0\u201cExecute true justice, show mercy and compassion\u201d<\/span>, and Quran states:\u00a0\u201cAllah enjoineth justice and kindness\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0–\u00a0Freedom of Religion as well is a personal relationship between God \u2013 blessed be His name \u2013 and man, who will be judged on that by Allah, the sole who has the right to judge man, the Bible says:\u00a0\u201cthat I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live\u201d<\/span>, while in Quran:\u00a0\u201cThere shall be no compulsion in the religion\u201d<\/span>,\u00a0\u201cAnd if thy Lord willed, all who are in the earth would have believed together. Wouldst thou compel men until they are believers\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0While on souls killing, the Bible says:\u00a0\u201cYou shall not murder\u201d<\/span>, and in Quran:<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cAllah does not forbid you from those who do not fight you because of religion and do not expel you from your homes \u2013 from being righteous toward them and acting justly toward them. Indeed, Allah loves those who act justly\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

The construction which we desire to be attached to\u00a0\u201cworking together\u201d<\/span>: establishing peace, which became a pursued goal in the entire world, and defusing terrorism.<\/span><\/h2>\n

The General Bishop<\/span><\/h2>\n

Head of Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center<\/span><\/h2>\n

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