"Fifty million
of persecuted Christians'
More than fifty million Christians persecuted , contempt and discrimination. The sad account was provided the intellectual French René Guitton, author of a book on the documented "Christianophobia" today at the presentation of the 2010 report on religious freedom in the world of opera Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). The meeting was moderated by Julius Albanian father, a Comboni missionary, director of mission and Peoples, who emphasized that 70 percent of the world population lives in countries where there are no restrictions or persecution because of religion practiced.
With India and China, their proportions, are the countries where there are more cases. Presentation of the report Bishop Sante Babolin, president of the ACS-Italy, recalled the "strong agreement" between two fundamental texts for religious freedom, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 and the Council's Declaration "Dignitatis Humanae. "
and revealed that the World Day for Peace in 2011 was given by Benedict XVI to their "religious freedom, the path of peace." Peter Sefton-Williams, Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Report, for its part illustrates how the long process that led to the creation of the volume. Very articulate the discourse of the Greek diplomat Francesco Maria, the Director General for Cultural Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that a week before Christmas will present his credentials to Pope Benedict XVI as the new Italian Ambassador to the Holy See. Greek, among other things, gave a striking threefold explanation for the fact that often is silent on the persecution involving Christians.
There is a fear of those who "intellectually honest" does not want to "complicate things in place for those who want to defend." Then there is the "realpolitik" of those who 'fears of internal return. " And finally there is the attitude of "most dishonest of all", the one dictated by "politically correct for us to keep your mouth shut." Presentation of the report was also attended by a witness, the Pakistani bishop of Faisalabad, Bishop Joseph Coutts, which focused in particular on the question of the law against blasphemy in his country, pointing especially to the way it is applied in practice.
A law - said the prelate - who since 1986 has led to the indictment of 993 people on charges of having desecrated the Koran or defaming the Prophet Muhammad: among these, 479 were Muslims, 340 Ahmadis - a sect that the government does not recognize as a Muslim - 120 Christians, 14 Hindus and 10 of other religions. It has not been any death sentence based on this law, but it "creates a state of tension - he explained - because we do not know who will be tomorrow accused of blasphemy."
Not to mention that, among other things, about thirty people in Pakistan have been killed without trial only by extremists on charges of blasphemy in their revolt. The presentation left a message on the Foreign Minister Franco Frattini in which he recalled that "religious freedom is a cornerstone of our civilization" and "would not only violate a fundamental right to deny, but deny the very essence of ' man. The Minister has confirmed "the commitment of the ministry and myself for the protection of religious freedom and the protection of religious minorities." The minister also reminded that the issue touches on many religious denominations, although "in recent times the Christian minorities have been hit particular way. "
With India and China, their proportions, are the countries where there are more cases. Presentation of the report Bishop Sante Babolin, president of the ACS-Italy, recalled the "strong agreement" between two fundamental texts for religious freedom, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 and the Council's Declaration "Dignitatis Humanae. "
and revealed that the World Day for Peace in 2011 was given by Benedict XVI to their "religious freedom, the path of peace." Peter Sefton-Williams, Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Report, for its part illustrates how the long process that led to the creation of the volume. Very articulate the discourse of the Greek diplomat Francesco Maria, the Director General for Cultural Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that a week before Christmas will present his credentials to Pope Benedict XVI as the new Italian Ambassador to the Holy See. Greek, among other things, gave a striking threefold explanation for the fact that often is silent on the persecution involving Christians.
There is a fear of those who "intellectually honest" does not want to "complicate things in place for those who want to defend." Then there is the "realpolitik" of those who 'fears of internal return. " And finally there is the attitude of "most dishonest of all", the one dictated by "politically correct for us to keep your mouth shut." Presentation of the report was also attended by a witness, the Pakistani bishop of Faisalabad, Bishop Joseph Coutts, which focused in particular on the question of the law against blasphemy in his country, pointing especially to the way it is applied in practice.
A law - said the prelate - who since 1986 has led to the indictment of 993 people on charges of having desecrated the Koran or defaming the Prophet Muhammad: among these, 479 were Muslims, 340 Ahmadis - a sect that the government does not recognize as a Muslim - 120 Christians, 14 Hindus and 10 of other religions. It has not been any death sentence based on this law, but it "creates a state of tension - he explained - because we do not know who will be tomorrow accused of blasphemy."
Not to mention that, among other things, about thirty people in Pakistan have been killed without trial only by extremists on charges of blasphemy in their revolt. The presentation left a message on the Foreign Minister Franco Frattini in which he recalled that "religious freedom is a cornerstone of our civilization" and "would not only violate a fundamental right to deny, but deny the very essence of ' man. The Minister has confirmed "the commitment of the ministry and myself for the protection of religious freedom and the protection of religious minorities." The minister also reminded that the issue touches on many religious denominations, although "in recent times the Christian minorities have been hit particular way. "
From Future, November 25, 2010, Gianni Cardinale.
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