Turkey’s President Extends Easter Wishes to Christians:
“President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan extended his best wishes to ‘all Christian citizens and the Christian community on the occasion of Easter,’ saying:
‘This culture of coexistence in the Anatolian soil will cement peace and brotherhood today, as it was in the past, and will carry us to the bright future.’”
hurriyetdailynews.com
—-Salt—-
“Through his policy also he shall cause deception to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many…”
— Daniel 8:25
“I greet and thank cordially all of you, dear friends belonging to other religious traditions; firstly the Muslims, who worship the one living and merciful God, and call upon Him in prayer. I really appreciate your presence, and in it I see a tangible sign of the wish to grow in reciprocal trust and in cooperation for the common good of humanity.”
—Pope Francis I,
Address to religious leaders,
Rome, March 20, 2013