Nov 29, 2013, Sharmine Narwani American national security journalist Jeremy Scahill and leftist British columnist Owen Jones announced recently that they would not share a platform with a Palestinian-Lebanese nun at the Stop The War Coalition’s November 30 UK conference. Neither Scahill nor Jones provided any reason for their harsh …
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Nov 30, 2013, Telegraph The Free Syrian Army commander leant against the door of his four-wheel drive BMW X5 with tinted windows and watched as his men waded through the river on the Syrian border moving the barrels of smuggled petroleum to Turkey. Feeling the smooth wedge of American bank …
Read More »Nov 14, 2013, National Catholic Reporter Mother Agnes Mariam, the Lebanese-born head of St. James the Mutilated Monastery in Qara, Syria, is a controversial figure in the international debate over how to resolve the escalating violence in Syria. Her supporters, including Nobel Laureate Mairead Maguire, say her message of forgiveness …
Read More »La visite de Mère Agnès Mariam à Montréal La situation actuelle en Syrie est de l’avis de tous catastrophique. Du point de vue des pertes de vies humaines (dont un très grand nombre de civils non combattants), du point de vue des conditions sociales, alimentaires et sanitaires (populations déplacées …
Read More »Pour diffusion immédiate UNE ARTISANE DE PAIX, MÈRE AGNÈS MARIAM, TÉMOIGNE : CE QUI SE PASSE VRAIMENT SUR LE TERRAIN EN SYRIE Mère Agnès Mariam de la Croix, religieuse catholique melkite, initiatrice et porte-parole du mouvement MUSSALAHA (« Réconciliation ») qui travaille à promouvoir le rapprochement et la paix entre les …
Read More »Rapport et appel à la communauté internationale pour l’appui à un processus de dialogue et de réconciliation en Syrie entre le peuple et l’État, le rejet de la guerre et de toute intervention étrangère.1 par Mairead Maguire, prix Nobel de la paix, porte-parole de Mussalaha International, délégation de paix au …
Read More »Montréal, le 3 décembre 2013, 14 heures Salle ‘’C’’ de la Confédération des Syndicats Nationaux (CSN), au 1601 avenue De Lorimier Give peace a chance, chantait John Lennon, accordons une chance à la paix. Mère Agnès Mariam de la Croix, c’est un honneur de vous recevoir à Montréal. Mon nom …
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Nov 29, 2013, Rob Prince Mother Agnes Mariam, mother-superior of the monastery of St. James, the Mutilated in Qara, in the Qalamoun District of Syria, which is north of Damascus, visited Denver as part of a U.S. tour which is taking her coast to coast. She spoke at three public …
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Nov 27, 2013, AP Amid Syria’s ferocious civil war, a nun has emerged as an unlikely power broker and figure of controversy. Mother Superior Agnes-Mariam of the Cross has thrust herself into the role of go-between and publicist, arranging cease-fires, organizing pro-government media trips and conducting speaking tours as perhaps …
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Nov 25, 2013, Revd Dr Stephen Sizer Mother Agnes Mariam spoke about the chemical weapons attacks questioning the veracity of Western reports that the Syrian government were responsible. Mairead Maguire spoke eloquently about the lessons learnt from the sectarianism in Ireland that apply equally to Syria. The meeting was …
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