Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako is calling the Christians and Muslims of the world to lead the fight against fundamentalism by being the first to reject all forms of discrimination and violence. He made the call at a conference organized at the weekend in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, by the Iraqi Center for Diversity Management (ICDM). The patriarch was appealing to more than 1.6 billion mostly moderate Muslims of the world, inviting them to promote a joint project to "dismantle the fundamentalist ideology" in all its forms, a proposal which, in order to be successful, must be supported and guided by the very same followers of Islam. Patriarch Sako spoke about the persecution of Christians and minorities in Mosul and Ninevah by extremists of the Islamic State, leaving no trace of Christians there. He pointed a finger at "forces" who commit violence and focus on the logic of power "covered by the cloak of religion". (Source: AsiaNews)
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