Source: RNS
(RNS) A German Catholic leader’s defense of religious freedom has triggered a backlash after anti-Muslim statements by far-right politicians in the country.
Editor-in-Chief Ingo Brueggenjuergen of the Catholic broadcaster Dom Radio, which ran the interview with Archbishop Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne earlier this week, said in a commentary Wednesday (April 27) that some critics are claiming the cardinal is out to destroy the Catholic Church.
“These self-appointed saviors of the Christian West who are looking for an absolute antichrist should take a look in the mirror,” he said. The editor added that in his views, Woelki was “in good company” with Pope Francis and his immediate predecessors who talked about Muslims as brothers in faith.
In an online video earlier this week, Woelki tarred the far-right Alternative for Germany party as fearmongers.
“Anyone who denigrates Muslims as the AfD leadership does should realize prayer rooms and mosques are equally protected by our constitution as our churches and chapels,” he said, according to a translation of his remarks.
“Whoever says ‘yes’ to church towers must also say ‘yes’ to minarets,” he added. “Never again must people in this country be marginalized or persecuted for their race, ethnicity or religion.”
Categories: Catholic Church, Catholics, Europe, Germany, The Muslim Times
Who cares what other humans believe, God knows his soul and his intentions. Good for him in discovering our unity.
Typical Christians, ignorant of the contents of the bible.
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