Source: Religion News Service
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Demonstrators protest outside the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many Christians to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem, on Feb. 27, 2018. Jerusalem’s mayor suspended a plan to impose taxes on properties owned by Christian churches, backing away from a move that had enraged religious leaders and led to the closure of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
Finding a balance between the Holy City’s earthly needs, amid ongoing financial woes, and the needs of the numerous institutions that form its rich religious heritage is no easy task.
That balance was upset last month, leaders of the Holy Land’s Christian churches say, when they received property tax bills totaling millions of dollars, applicable to all church properties that are not actual houses of worship.
Categories: Church, Jerusalem, Middle East, The Muslim Times
Bible say , DO NOT TAX YOUR OWN PEOPLE (JEWS) . But you should tax Foreigners. So Christians are foreigners and they can be taxed.
Arab / Palestinian Christians are not foreigners. They were there before the influx of Jews from Germany, Poland, Khazan Empire, USA, Russia, Ethiopia and god knows where else …