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The responsibility of Sept. 11 falls on those who committed it, not on the whole world: Pope Shenouda
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CAIRO,
September 10 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - The patriarch of
Egypt’s Coptic Christian population, Pope Shenouda III, has warned
that the “whole world” should not be made to pay for the September
11 attacks, in an interview published in Cairo Tuesday, September 10.
“What
happened on September 11 is a crime that no-one can forgive, but the
responsibility falls on those who committed it, not on the whole
world,” he told the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram.
“If
innocents die, it also would be a crime, no doubt,” he added in an
interview conducted in Canada where he arrived coming from a tour in the
United States during which he visited many cities, including New Jersey,
New York, Boston and Los Angeles.
He
was apparently responding to fears that the United States, which
launched its war against terrorism last October in Afghanistan, would
now extend it to Iraq, in a bid to topple President Saddam Hussein,
Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.
Pope
Shenouda recalled that a Coptic Christian was killed in Los Angeles in
an act of revenge days after September 11.
“Do
you know why he was killed? Because he had good relations with the
Muslims, including religious sheikhs who visited his shop,” Pope
Shenouda said.
The
Federal Bureau of Investigation said it was investigating as a hate
crime the death of Adel Karas, 48, who was shot during a robbery of his
store by three men on September 15.
Numerous
incidents of violence toward Muslims and people of Middle Eastern
appearance and dress were reported after the strikes on New York and
Washington.
Relatives
of Karas, who owned a food store in San Gabriel, southwest California,
said immediately after the killing they feared it had been religiously
motivated.
Shenouda
said that many U.S. officials, including the American ambassador in
Cairo, apologized for this incident.
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