Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates-Friday 8 May 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]
The
Higher Committee of Human Fraternity (HCHF), called on religious
leaders and faithful around the world to a day of fasting, prayers and
supplications for the good of all humanity on Thursday May, 14 for an end to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The
call is part of the Committee’s (HCHF) efforts to realize the
objectives of the Document on Human Fraternity. It invites people around
the world to lay all their differences aside and come together and
assume their responsibilities against this virus, the first and true
enemy of humanity in this era.
Judge Mohamed Abdel Salam,
Secretary-General of the Committee (HCHF) said: “The overwhelming
response with this call for prayer from leaders and peoples around the
world is a true testament to human solidarity and grants us hope in
achieving global unity based on human fraternity principles for the
safety, security and health of all mankind.”
He
also noted that seeing all believers come together in prayers and
supplications for an end to this pandemic is dream come true of a
universal human unity, which is much needed now more than ever. “We will
implore God Almighty for his grace and mercy and trust that He will
respond to the hopes of millions of faithful asking to be saved from
this deadly pandemic,” he continued.
US-based
Rabbi M. Bruce Lustig, Senior Rabbi at Washington Hebrew Congregation
and member of the Committee (HCHF) added: “Just as all of us have seen
how the global pandemic has taken lives and livelihoods, we have also
witnessed it reveal some of the best qualities in humankind.”
Monsignor
Yoannis Lahzi Gaid, Personal Secretary of His Holiness Pope Francis and
member of the Committee (HCHF), said: “As we await a cure that would
spare humanity from this deadly pandemic, our only hope is that God
Almighty will save the millions suffering around the world, and help
scientists and researchers to succeed in finding the eagerly-awaited
cure.”
The
Committee (HCHF) seeks to bring humanity together in prayer on
Thursday, May 14, in what will be the largest gathering of humanity for
one goal. The event will be accompanied by unprecedented media coverage,
through the Committee’s social media accounts with two hashtags in
Arabic and English, #صلاة_من_أجل_الإنسانية and #PrayForHumanity to allow people to interact and share their videos, photos and posts.
The
Committee (HCHF) is an independent body of religious leaders,
educational scholars and cultural figures from across the world,
dedicated to achieving the noble goals of the the Document on Human
Fraternity signed by Pope Francis and Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb, Grand Imam
of Al-Azhar, during the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to the United Arab
Emirates in February 2019, under the patronage of H.H Sheikh Mohammed
Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme
Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.
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