iStock.com/zabelinIn a recent article, we cited the strong reaction that Ieronymos, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, had to Egypt’s now-rescinded court decision to turn St. Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai — a UNESCO World Heritage site—into a museum. At one point, he warned:
“The Egyptian government has effectively chosen to dismantle every notion of justice and, with a single stroke, attempt to erase the very existence of the Monastery — abolishing its religious, spiritual, and cultural function.”
Erase. That is the key word.
Erasure has long defined the Islamic approach to pre-Islamic civilizations. Historically — and as we’re witnessing now — Islam has not simply appropriated the lands of others; it has actively sought to erase the memory of those who came before.
More: https://stream.org/how-islam-erased-christianity-from-the-holy-land/
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