OPEN LETTER TO CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS ON THE OCCASION OF THE MARIAN YEAR

As time goes by we are progressively seeing an ever increasing number of foreigners living and working among us. It would be really silly of us to think of them as a threat or as a purely economic resource. It is a real pity that there are those among us who are tempted to regard them as some kind of inferior class of people and so they despise them even with violent acts or they take advantage of their vulnerability. This is the case when they are exploited by being made to work for a pittance without the benefit of social security as required by law, or when they are offered shelter at rental rates far higher than is normally the case.

Their presence among us does not constitute simply a social and cultural challenge, but it has also a religious dimension. Indeed among these foreigners there is a sizeable presence of Muslims, both those coming from African countries and those from Eastern Europe…

Read the Letter in English:  [1] open-letter-to-christians-and-muslims.pdf

Aqra l-Ittra bil-Malti: [2] ittra-miftuha-lill-insara-u-l-musulmani.pdf

Photo: Virgin Mary and Jesus, old Persian miniature. In Islam, they are called Maryam and Isa.