there is no alternative: we build the future together or there will be no future (sic). This phrase was that father Francisco, escorted by the Grand Imam of al – Azhar, Al – Tayeb, began his speech in the United Arab Emirates destination from which the Pontiff seeks to pacify the relationships between both religions. In this line, and referring to all States of the Arabian peninsula highlighted the importance of allowing full religious freedom in order to maintain a relationship of reciprocity. With this he sought to illustrate from the destination of your trip, there is freedom of worship in any of the churches built, not so religious. I.e., you can go to mass and display crosses in public places, but proselytizing is not allowed.
The truth is that the Pope’s speech is understood as a breakthrough in rhetorical terms in part necessary given that before a church losing faithful, has sought to give a message loud and clear in places symbolic weight. Similarly, Emirates plays an important role in one of the older conflicts and humanitarian disasters today as it is that of the war in Yemen. In this sense, Emirates make up the coalition that has been fighting against the Huthi from 2015, and which has been accused of indiscriminately bombing schools, markets and homes regularly.
It is in this line that the NGO Human Rights Watch asked the Pope that since your stay take advantage of the opportunity to denounce the repression and the military campaign in which the country participates against the Yemeni rebels. With less emphasis than expected, the statement on this point finally took place: “the human brotherhood requires us, as representatives of the religions, duty to banish all the nuances of adoption of the word war. Return to your wretched rawness. I am thinking particularly in Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Libya”, said the head of the Vatican State. Since his arrival to the East, and in addition to the mass in question, activities focused on the welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace, the private meeting with members of the Muslim Council of Elders in the great mosque of Sheikh Zayed and the meeting interreligious in Founder completo Memorial.En this note:
