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Conflict is political, not religious, bishop says

July 15, 2009 by communications coordinator Leave a Comment

The political – not religious – nature of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was the central theme of ELCJHL Bishop Munib A. Younan’s July 15 address in Pori, Finland. Younan delivered his speech, “Reconciliation in the Middle East,” to a conference of the UN Association of Finland and the Finnish Red Cross, in cooperation with the Tampere … [Read more…]

Bishop meets Nobel Peace Prize winner

October 27, 2008 by communications coordinator Leave a Comment

Bishop Munib Younan poses with former Finnish president and 2008 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari at the LWF executive committee meeting in Finland in October 2008. Noting his work as an international mediator, Younan invited Ahtisaari to come to Palestine to mediate a just peace with Israel.