------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRI Continental Film Festival - Dona Paula, Goa, Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2007
http://www.moviesgoa.org/tricontinental/tricon.htm For public viewing. Registration at The International Centre Goa. (Ph: +91-832-2452805 to 10) Online Media Partner: http://www.GOANET.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 29/09/2007, Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've always wondered how and why news headlines are > sensationalized to such an extent that they are > rendered utterly false. There has been a church in > Dubai for the past forty years. Here is the weblink > for those interested: > > http://www.saintmarysdubai.com/ > > There are also beautiful churches in Ajman, Abu Dhabi > and Bahrain. In addition to Catholic Churches there > are also Protestant and Greek Orthodox churches. > Infact, in Dubai one whole street lines up with > churches of various denominations intermingling with > mosques. A substantial number of Arabs are infact > Christians. > > There are no temples per se, but there are Hindu > prayer halls where Hindus go to pray in the Gulf. This > too might have changed since I left eight years ago. > > The world is much more accepting and tolerant than we > are lead to believe. It is a few rotten apples in the > barrel that spoil everything. An organised minority is > fully capable of destroying an unorganised majority. > > > selma RESPONSE: There is no Church in Saudi Arabia; Some Catholic countries have mass celebrated in their embassy. I had heard mass at Easter time, in the Aramco compound. I don't think there will ever be a church constructed in Saudi Arabia. Perhaps the article meant to state, that this was the first Church in Qatar ? Perhaps someone from Qatar could inform us accordingly. -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England
