re: #768 Gus 802

Lost my connection here but everywhere else was fine.

Was going to say that I checked the State Department and confirmed that there no synagogues in Abu Dhabi.

Anyway, I come from the school of thought in which we should know better. If at times the world seems uncivilized we should know that we remain civilized ourselves and not descend into the fire pit of ignorance and intolerance by meeting it with equal intolerance and ignorance.

However, the local sheik has no issue with paying for the renovation of the local church.

Christian church site to get Royal help

ABU DHABI // The Crown Prince has pledged to help fund the refurbishment of the capital’s St Andrew’s Church compound, a group of ageing buildings that draws tens of thousands of worshippers every week.

The announcement that Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, who is also Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, will “take care of any shortfall of funds” in the project to revamp the complex into a modern place of worship was made by Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, at a Remembrance Sunday service this week.