مطالبہء اقلیت کا عالمی پس منظر

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329 Speech of His Beatitude Muawad Elias IV Patriarch of Antioch and All Orient Mr۔Chairman, What can there be that is more enchanting than the meeting of brethren, when God Almighty is their purpose? Your Majesties, Excellences, It is indeed a great source of joy for our delegation to convey to your conference this message of brotherly love, and our prayers for your success۔Is not Jerusalem the goal of this long journey on the path to liberty which we are all engaged in together? Are we not, Muslims and Christians alike, dedicated to Jerusalem, in hope, determination and sacrifice? How can we forget thee Jerusalem, when thou art Humanity's "Meraj" to God and the symbol of the spiritual values that descended upon us from His holy inspiration? In thee, O Jerusalem, Muslims and Christians, in their common yearning for eternal peace, find each according to his religion, their sacred community in their obedience to God and their concern for humanity۔To your esteemed Conference, we have come from the Ancient Churches of the East, prompted by the spirit of friendship and amity which has bound us to you, generation after generation۔For God's mercy and benevolence have made it such that there has developed in our homeland more than a common humanity: a oneness that cannot be destroyed۔Hence, we are conscious that it is our destiny to