{"id":9755,"date":"2016-10-29T06:46:53","date_gmt":"2016-10-29T04:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janfigel.sk\/?p=9755"},"modified":"2025-12-05T01:30:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T00:30:18","slug":"for-eus-religious-freedom-envoy-middle-east-is-key-arena-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/janfigel.com\/sk\/2016\/10\/29\/for-eus-religious-freedom-envoy-middle-east-is-key-arena-3\/","title":{"rendered":"For EU&#8217;s religious freedom envoy, Middle East is key arena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"noticia_byline\">Brussels, Belgium, Oct 27, 2016 \/ 12:08 am (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/\" target=\"_self\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">CNA\/EWTN News<\/span><\/u><\/a>)<\/span>.- The genocide of Yazidis and Christians in the Middle East and the refugee crisis should be a priority for Europe, the EU special envoy for religious freedom has said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jan Figel told CNA that even though \u201cthere many other places where religious freedom is liquidated, discriminated and oppressed,\u201d the Middle East is an unavoidable focus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt is evident that what it is going on the Middle East affects the rest of the world,\u201d he said at a media symposium organized by Alliance Defending Freedom International in Brussels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Figel, a Slovak who served as EU Commissioner for Education from 2004 to 2009, was chosen to be the union&#8217;s special envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the European Union. The position is an observer role and has a one-year term.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI deem that the religious persecutions against Yazidis and Christians can be labeled as genocide, and this is the reason why the Middle East is a priority: there is a crime committed in the geopolitical center of the world, where three continents meet and the most important religions live together,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Figel stressed the need to aid countries at the frontlines of conflicts that involve religious persecution and mass refugee displacement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEurope should provide more cooperation and assistance, as there are countries, like Jordan, that cannot sustain the flow of refugees that is coming to their lands,\u201d Figel said. \u201cJordan did not close its borders, it is open to refugees from Syria and Iraq, and needs and deserves more EU support and comprehensive cooperation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Figel has focused on the plight of Christians in the Middle East in his own work. For his first official overseas trip, he visited Jordan Oct. 18-19, meeting with representatives of government and religious and civil society leaders.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/for-eus-religious-freedom-envoy-middle-east-is-key-arena-56109\/\">More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels, Belgium, Oct 27, 2016 \/ 12:08 am (CNA\/EWTN News).- The genocide of Yazidis and Christians in the Middle East and the refugee crisis should be a priority for Europe, the EU special envoy for religious freedom has said. 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