{"id":61337,"date":"2025-09-03T15:20:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T15:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=61337"},"modified":"2025-09-03T15:20:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T15:20:07","slug":"syrian-minister-of-culture-sparks-controversy-with-islamic-chant-in-orthodox-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/syrian-minister-of-culture-sparks-controversy-with-islamic-chant-in-orthodox-church\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0648\u0632\u064a\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0642\u0627\u0641\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0648\u0631\u064a \u064a\u062b\u064a\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u062f\u0644 \u0628\u0625\u0646\u0634\u0627\u062f \u0625\u0633\u0644\u0627\u0645\u064a \u0641\u064a \u0643\u0646\u064a\u0633\u0629 \u0623\u0631\u062b\u0648\u0630\u0643\u0633\u064a\u0629"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Syrian Minister of Culture Mohammed Saleh with Islamic chanter Al-Mu\u2019tasim Billah Al-Assali inside St. Ananias Orthodix Church in Damascus, Syria. Billah Al-Assali performed an Islamic hymn with lyrics that directly contradict Christian beliefs. \/ Credit: Screenshot from Muhammad Moaz Zakaria\u2019s Facebook page CNA Staff, Aug 21, 2025 \/ 17:56 pm (CNA). Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed: Syrian minister of culture sparks controversy with Islamic chant in Orthodox church\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed: Syrian minister of culture sparks controversy with Islamic chant in Orthodox church\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":62618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-61337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55481,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/report-details-killings-discrimination-against-religious-minorities-in-post-assad-syria-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":61337,"position":0},"title":"Report details killings, discrimination against religious minorities in post-Assad Syria","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u064a\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0648 16, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Mourners gather in the Church of the Holy Cross in Qassaa, Damascus, for the funeral of many who lost their lives in a terrorist attack at the Mar Elias Church in the Dweila neighborhood of Syria\u2019s capital on Sunday, June 22, 2025. \/ Credit: Mohammad Al-Rifai\/ACI MENA Washington, D.C. 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