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WCC NEWS: Mumbai: WCC condemns "despicable acts of terrorism"


From "WCC Media" <Media@wcc-coe.org>
Date Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:52:36 +0100

World Council of Churches - News Release

Contact: +41 22 791 6153 +41 79 507 6363 media@wcc-coe.org
For immediate release - 27/11/2008 15:38:42

WCC CONDEMNS "DESPICABLE ACTS OF TERRORISM" IN MUMBAI

"Deeply shocked and saddened" by the news of yesterday's attacks in  Mumbai, the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr  Samuel Kobia has strongly condemned "such wanton acts of terrorism and  violence targeting innocent human lives". He also expressed "sincere  condolences and sympathy" to victims and families.

"We believe that there can be no justification whatsoever for such  despicable acts of terrorism and indiscriminate violence," Kobia wrote to  the Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh in a letter dated 27  November.

>Most Indian churches are members of the WCC.

Full text of the letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
http://www.oikoumene.org/?id=6442

>WCC member churches in India
>http://www.oikoumene.org/?id=4670

Additional information:

Juan Michel +41 22 791 6153 +41 79 507 6363 media@wcc-coe.org

The World Council of Churches promotes Christian unity in faith, witness  and service for a just and peaceful world. An ecumenical fellowship of  churches founded in 1948, today the WCC brings together 349 Protestant,  Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 560 million  Christians in over 110 countries, and works cooperatively with the Roman  Catholic Church. The WCC general secretary is Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, from  the Methodist Church in Kenya. Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.


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