Qabbani to Pope: Muslims and Christians have Equal Rights
Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani delivered Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday a letter that stresses both Muslims and Christians have equal rights.
“Any assault on any Christian citizen means an attack on Islam,” Qabbani said in the letter that he delivered to Benedict as they met at Baabda palace on the pontiff's second day of visit to Lebanon.
“Christians and Muslims form a single nation and have equal rights and obligations,” he said.
The Mufti expressed regret at the attacks on some Christians in countries in the East, saying: “We raised our voice loud against such condemned and rejected acts that most of the time are aimed at igniting strife.”
“They not only harm our common coexistence history but contradict our values in Islam,” he added.
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