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Religious Tolerance.org - June 26, 2002
Religious violence
Religious aspects of the Yugoslavia-Kosovo conflict
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Religious comments about the war in Kosovo:
Christians were divided over how to resolve the conflict. Some Evangelicals, other Protestants and Roman Catholics support edthe bombing as the only way to eventually bring peace. Many Orthodox Christian leaders supported the Serbian Orthodox church in asking for a cease fire. Many faith groups concentrated on the plight of the refugees, and did not taking an active position on the war itself. The secular peace movement was relatively quiet.
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1999-APR-14: Many Orthodox Christian leaders called for a cease-fire in Kosovo:
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The Commission of the Orthodox Church predicted that further escalation of the war may have "unforeseeable, terrible consequences." They noted that both Evangelical and Roman Catholic leaders in Germany have supported the bombing in Kosovo.
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Archbishop Spyridon, primate of the Greek Orthodox church in America said: "The further escalation of this conflict can only serve to exacerbate the human tragedy of violence, displacement and the inevitable hatreds that will be spawned by the forces of death and destruction."
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[ Religious Tolerance.org - www.religioustolerance.org/war_koso.htm - June 26, 2002 ]
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