[ALBSA-Info] Kathimerini

[Agron Alibali]

Archbishop Christodoulos has uncovered an
international Jewish plot that prompted the Greek
government's controversial decision to remove mention
of religious belief from state identity cards.

In an interview with yesterday's Vima daily, the head
of the Church of Greece backed up his claim with what
he called evidence. "Do you know who is behind the
identity card matter?" he asked the Vima interviewer.
"The Jews, and for the first time we have evidence of
that."

The 62-year-old archbishop said he got wind of the
plot by surfing the internet. "We found a page
belonging to the World Jewish Council. But recently
they got wise and removed it."

Christodoulos said the site mentioned that Prime
Minister Costas Simitis, during a state visit to the
US in 1996, was approached by a Jewish delegation.

"Firstly, they asked him for a monument to the Jews of
Salonica (who died in Nazi concentration camps)," he
said. "This was built. Then, they asked for religious
faith to be taken off state ID cards." The Church says
2.5 million Greeks have signed a petition for a
referendum on the matter.


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