Christians and Muslims: raise common action in support of migrants

After the tragic shipwreck on the coast of Calabria, exponents of both religions are calling for joint action in support of those who decide to leave their country because it is "a human fact" which "calls everyone to assume responsibility".

Christians and Muslims mobilize so that "the latest, tragic, shipwreck of a boat of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea calls upon everyone to assume responsibility". The shared Islamic-Christian appeal is contained in a document entitled "Let us face the reality of migration together", signed by many exponents of both religions. The migratory phenomenon, we read, in addition to calling for solutions that "take into account the political, social, economic and environmental factors of the countries involved", is "above all a human fact that challenges everyone's conscience". Christians and Muslims, therefore, "should feel particularly touched by this reality", since the majority of migrants trying to arrive in Europe are believers of these two religions, the territories they cross "have a significant Christian or Muslim presence", while the places from which they embark "are mostly Muslim-majority countries".

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