Damascus-Sana
The Minister of Endowments, Dr. Muhammad Abdul Sattar Al-Sayyid and a large delegation of Islamic religious scholars today congratulated a number of Christian denominations on the birthday of Jesus, the Messenger of Love and Peace.
The delegation also visited the Patriarchate of Antioch and the rest of the East for the Syriac Orthodox, where he met His Holiness, Patriarch Mar Ignatius Avram II, Patriarch of Antioch and the rest of the East, Head of the Syriac Church in the world and congratulated on the occasion of Christmas.
Then the minister, the scholars, visited the Patriarchate of Antioch and the rest of the East to the royal Melkite Catholics and extended congratulations to His Beatitude, Patriarch Youssef Al-Absi, on the glorious holiday.
The discussion also touched on the success achieved by the Ministry of Religious Endowments initiative, "Religion is morality ... your zakat is to lower your prices", in which Islamic religious scholars and Christian clerics participated, and it resonated positively at all levels.
The Minister of Awqaf stressed that the meeting today, as always, confirms the harmony of the one Syrian family with all its components because their sons have built their civilization hand in hand together and terrorism will not be able to undermine their unity, stressing that Syria, thanks to the valor of its army and the sacrifices of its righteous martyrs and the wisdom of its leader, will triumph over terrorism and the unjust siege and unilateral economic measures on her.
And the patriarchs called on God to restore security, safety and peace to the homeland and to purify his children with their unity and their unity, every grain of his soil from the abomination of Turkish, American and terrorist aggression.
For their part, religious scholars stressed the importance of the role of scholars and clerics in defending the homeland and defending itself.