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In response to the invitation of Pope Francis and Sheikh Al-Azhar, President Aoun called on the Lebanese to pray today: May God protect humanity from the danger of the Corona pandemic.
In response to the invitation of Pope Francis and Sheikh Al-Azhar, President Aoun called on the Lebanese to pray today: May God protect humanity from the danger of the Corona pandemic.
14/05/2020

 

 

 

President of the Republic: “The initiative is one of the goals, it is in the core of goals to form the “Human Academy for Meeting and Dialogue”.
 President Aoun: “Let the minarets embrace the church bells, and let all the sounds that tamper with our national unity be silenced”.


 
 
 
The President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, considered that the invitation of the “Supreme Committee for Human Fraternity” to dedicate this day May 14, For prayer, fasting, supplication and charity work, each in its place, according to his religion or belief, so that God protects humanity from the danger of the Corona Pandemic. This initiative is stemming from the heart and conscience, and embraced by care of the Holy Pope Francis and His Eminence the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb. This initiative falls in the core of the goals of the initiative launched by President Aoun and approved by the United Nations General Assembly to establish the "Academy of Humanity for meeting and Dialogue " in Lebanon to contribute to building a human civilization based on acceptance of the others whatever their affiliation and belief are, and on the mutual enrichment by being different, and on the right of diversity as a guarantee.

The President of the Republic called on the Lebanese on this day, while the public mobilization have been extended, to participate in the prayer, because it is the shield of believers and non-believer in their longing for the absolute. The president stressed that the Lebanese who have different affiliations, would have their homeland become a message, as described by the great pope, John Paul II, who after a few days will be celebrating his first centenary anniversary of his birth, and coincides with the centenary anniversary of the creation of Greater Lebanon.

“During these difficult and  unprecedented circumstances that our country is passing through, let the voices of minarets embrace with the ringing of church bells for the sake of Lebanon and the world, and all the voices who tamper with our national unity, which is the shield of our past, our present and our future, will be silenced, after the wounds of the division and the separation projects almost eliminated  our country. Let this day be a new start for all of us, to reject the causes of hatred and inconsistency, and the escape from the logic, rationality and the wisdom, so each one puts his differences aside to restore our internal immunity, which enriches our national unity and establishes our peace that protects our homeland, which we sacrificed the most valuable blood of our young people to protect it” the President said.