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_on_Christianity_and_Islam_cancelled_due_to_politics Cyprus meeting on Christianity and Islam cancelled due to politics By DPA Jan 8, 2007, 16:12 GMT Athens - A meeting on the divided island of Cyprus intended to promote dialogue between Christianity and Islam was cancelled on Monday over fears that politics rather than religion would dominate the talks, the Athens News Agency (ANA) said. The meeting between Orthodox Christian Archbishop Chrysostomos and Muslim cleric Ahmet Yonluer in southern Cyprus was supposed to have been the first to take place on the island for decades. The meeting would have been reciprocated in late January with a visit by the archbishop to the Turkish-Cypriot north. Reports said the Muslim cleric, who represents the majority of Sunni Muslims on the island, cancelled the meeting because he feared the Greek Orthodox Church would want to discuss political issues following a political statement by the archbishop a day earlier. The Greek Orthodox archbishop was quoted as saying that he wanted to address the issue of the destruction of Christian shrines in northern Cyprus. Cyprus has been split into a Greek-Cypriot south and Turkish- Cypriot north since Turkish troops invaded in 1974 after a brief Greek-Cypriot coup backed by Greece. Turkey has since stationed more than 30,000 troops in the northern third of the island and is the only country to recognize the Turkish breakaway state. A UN sponsored reunification of Cyprus broke down in 2004 after Greek Cypriots rejected the reunification plan which was overwhelmingly accepted by Turkish Cypriots. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
