Date of source: Tuesday, June 17, 2003
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Date of source: Thursday, May 8, 2003
The bishops and patriarchs of Iraq asked the head of the Security Council to make the Iraqi constitution include articles that guarantee Christians their religious, cultural, social and political rights.
Date of source: Monday, April 21, 2003
In their celebration of Palm Sunday and Easter, non-Catholic and Catholic Egyptian churches stressed the importance of achieving peace and stability in Iraq and Palestine.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 4, 2003
Zionist media have continued to sow dissension between Islam and Christianity in order to separate them from each other. Zionist media kept describing the conflict between US and Iraq as a conflict between the crescent [the symbol of Islam] and the Cross. This is in spite of the fact the all people...
Date of source: Friday, February 28, 2003
The Azhar and the Vatican have issued a joint statement in which they condemn launching a war against Iraq. It stresses that war has destructive consequences and means the failure of humanity. It will affect Muslim-Christian relations in the world.
Date of source: Friday, January 17, 2003
The violent contact between the East and the West contributed to the sophisticated ideological attitude towards Islam adopted by the West a long time ago. That is why Western speech about Islam is not limited to writings and theories. It is used to justify Western predominance over the East.
Date of source: Sunday, February 16, 2003
Pope Johan Paul II´s peace envoy met with Saddam Hussein in Baghdad. He discussed means to guarantee peace and directed a call to the world´s conscience to avert war.
Date of source: Thursday, February 13, 2003
Pope John Paul II´s special envoy announced yesterday that he will meet with President Saddam Hussein after his talks with Iraqi Vice-President and Deputy Prime Minister. He held a mass for the sake of peace in Baghdad.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 28, 2003
Father George Qanawati, who passed away on January 28, 1994, was one of the most prominent Arab intellectuals who paid great attention to consolidate dialogue between religions and cultures. He was the Vatican’s advisor for the secretariat of dialogue with non-Christian Believers.
Date of source: Sunday, January 26, 2003
A symposium was held in the residence of the Greek Catholic Patriarchy to discuss the role of Arab Christians in correcting the image of Islam in the West and the stand of the Vatican towards the expected war against Iraq among other issues.