Wednesday, November 17, 2010
[The following, by Eamonn McDonagh, is crossposted from Z Word.]
In earlier posts we've established that the Catholic Kingdom of Spain can never be a state for all its citizens and must immediately become the subject of a campaign of boycott, disinvestment and sanctions until it agrees to dissolve itself and be replaced by a multi-religious, multi-cutlural Federation of Iberian Regions.
Now let us turn to another proud member of the European Union that persists in favoring the national and religious identities of one group its citizens over all the others. I'm talking, of course, about the Hellenic Republic of Greece.
1. Article 3 of its Constitution reads as follows:
1. The prevailing religion in Greece is that of the Eastern Orthodox Church of Christ. The Orthodox Church of Greece, acknowledging our Lord Jesus Christ as its head, is inseparably united in doctrine with the Great Church of Christ in Constantinople and with every other Church of Christ of the same doctrine, observing unwaveringly, as they do, the holy apostolic and syn- odal canons and sacred traditions. It is autocephalous and is administered by the Holy Synod of serving Bishops and the Permanent Holy Synod originating thereof and assembled as specified by the Statutory Charter of the Church in compliance with the provisions of the Patriarchal Tome of June 29, 1850 and the Synodal Act of September 4, 1928.
2. The ecclesiastical regime existing in certain districts of the State shall not be deemed contrary to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
3. The text of the Holy Scripture shall be maintained unaltered. Official translation of the text into any other form of language, without prior sanction by the Autocephalous Church of Greece and the Great Church of Christ in Constantinople, is prohibited.
2. Athens, a city with hundreds of years of Ottoman heritage doesn't have a single official mosque.
3. Human Rights Watch, among other organizations, has accused the government of Greece of systematic violation of the rights of Greek citizens who regard themselves as ethnically and culturally Turkish
4. Greece believes that it has the right to decide on the name of a foreign country, Macedonia. That's why the former constituent part of Yugoslavia is stuck with the ridiculous moniker FYROM, which Greece has bullied international organizations like the EU and UN into accepting.
The case, I think, is crystal clear: the Hellenic Republic of Greece is an inherently racist, entity, it privileges believers in the state religion over those of other faiths and bullies a smaller and weaker neighbor. Boycott, disinvestment and sanctions now! It's the only way to help Greece to reform itself and become a state for all its citizens. What's more, Good Greeks will thank us for boycotting them.
