Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-09-14-Speech-3-444-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-09-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:State of play of the Middle East peace process (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110914.29.3-444-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-09-14-Speech-3-445-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Konrad Szymański2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; ITRE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2009-09-07--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; PECH (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Europe is expected to have a political presence in the Middle East, to provide financial and developmental support. This is obvious. However, we seem to forget too often that the EU in particular should pay special attention to the religious liberties of all the minorities living in the region. I would like to state that we need to exhibit particular sensitivity in relation to areas where huge, ground-breaking political changes are taking place. The most persecuted group of all are, of course, the Christians, who have lived there for hundreds, sometimes thousands of years, and in spite of this the radical wing of Islam is seeking to remove them from society. In Iraq, for example, Christians cannot manage their own schools, build churches or publish books. They are second-class citizens in their own country. This is part of a programme of religious cleansing imposed on the whole region by radicals. Religious freedom is interpreted throughout the region with reference to sharia law as freedom to pray in private. This is not consistent with the spirit of religious freedom in international law which permits the freedom to convert and to build churches, and allows religious publishing and education. I would ask that our diplomats not forget the religious freedom of Christians in the Middle East, including the places we have discussed today, in everything we do in that part of the world."@en1
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