His Beatitude THEOPHILOS III Patriarch of Jerusalem 02 February 2011, Your Royal Highness, Prince Ghazi Bin Mohammad Bin Talal Honourable and Distinguished Guest, It is a great honour for us, the Council of Churches in Jordan, to be amongst you today in this holy site celebrating the “World Interfaith Harmony Week”.We affirm our deep appreciation for the efforts of His Majesty King Abdullah the Second to this great initiative. We hold dearly His Majesty’s and the Hashemite Kingdom’s continued heritage and commitment to freedom of worship and for progressing the bridging and understanding between faiths. Furthermore, we are obliged to Your Royal Highness for this gracious hospitality and of course, for Your Highness’s relentless efforts in promoting, both locally and internationally, this prudent initiative of His Majesty as well as its foundation and base represented in the “Common Word”. There is no doubt that our common humanity is today confronted with harsh forces of injustice, disrespect and even humiliation. This ...
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