Posted on 07/01/2013 12:00:48 PM PDT by protest1
A Syrian Catholic priest has been beheaded by jihadist fighters in Syria, it has been claimed.
The death of Franciscan Father Francois Murad has been confirmed by the official Vatican news agency.
The gruesome killing has raised further concerns about the West arming rebels in the fight against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Grainy footage purported to show the 49-year-old’s death has been posted on the internet.
Father Francois, was killed on 23 June in Gassanieh, in northern Syria.
He had been staying in the convent of the Custody of the Holy Land.
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Time was, when Jooos! killed a priest and his assistant in Damascus to use his blood for Passover matzos, the entire Middle East would be in an uproar, with pogroms galore (1841). Now Muslims just don’t seem to care any more./s
Yes.
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