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Text of His holiness’s letter to Pope:4- Is it a mistake or something else?

The utterances of Pope Benedict XVI was so illogical and weak that even his impartial and fair coreligionists could not keep silent, and many of them stood against it. For instance, we refer hereunder to the reasonable and logical letter of MP of Iranian Assyrians in the Islamic Consultative Parliament:

 

In the name of God

His Eminence Pope Benedict XVI

It was very astounding for the Assyrian Christian society that you criticized harshly all beliefs of Islam and Moslems with a different and of course hostile conception. We know that you are in the same position that Pope John Paul II as the symbol of peace and dialogue among religions, not only did not mention anything unreasonable against Islam and Moslems, but also he forgave the Turkish Moslem who shot him.

Jesting Jihad and calling Islam violent is a questionable judgment which you utter carelessly in this critical time. Didn’t your predecessor remind the Christians in an impressive statement that they shall learn religious zeal and support as well as sincerity and servitude from Moslems?!

It is very surprising for the Christians in the world that why you revive the divisive utterances of the Christian Byzantine emperor, Manuel II Palaeologus in the recent centuries and renew the old wounds of Crusade Wars dressed by present civilized world?

If you renew the old wounds, Moslems too will naturally talk about the crimes committed by Crusade fighters of Catholic church during Middle Ages against other Christians, Jews and Moslems.

We, Assyrians, as a Christian society converting to Christianity at the time of its appearance in the east, have been living many centuries in the Islamic territories and specially in our home country, Iran. We have never been transgressed or offended by Moslems for our religious beliefs. Rather, we have been laudably honored and respected by our countrymen.

We, Assyrians, had most cultural and scientific transactions and deals with Moslems at the beginning of Islam, and have rendered valuable services to Islamic caliphs and Moslems. Now, it is the time of dialogue and our deals at the beginning of appearance of Islam could be a live notation for our dialogue. Regretfully, your attitude is far from the dynamic civilization!

We are living with our Christian beliefs and ideas, and our eastern religion is still alive with remembrance of eastern church in our country, Iran. Our language and script is also alive in the territory where Islam is ruling for centuries. We have never heard nor seen the violence you are talking about, and we believe that it is not true. We too like other believers and particularly Moslems expect your excellence to apologize the dynamic one billion society. This is the same instruction of our Savior, Jesus Christ, who says: Share with your neighbor in happiness and grief.

We too like these one billion believers are grieved by this hostile judgment.

 

With regards,

 

Jonathan Betkellia

Representative of Iran's Assyrian and Chaldean Christians in the Majlis and Director of the Asian branch of the World Union of Assyrians

19.09.2006

 

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