Church bell (犯罪の)一味s in Kashmir church after 5 10年間s

SRINAGAR, India (AP) - For the first time in five 10年間s, a church bell rang Sunday at the largest カトリック教徒 church in the main city of India's 部分 of イスラム教徒-大多数 Kashmir.

Members of Srinagar's tiny Christian community 組み立てる/集結するd at the 120-year-old 宗教上の Family カトリック教徒 Church and celebrated the 取り付け・設備 of the new bell, 重さを計るing 105 キログラムs (231 続けざまに猛撃するs).

The church lost its 初めの bell 50 years ago in an 放火(罪) attack. によれば church 公式の/役人s, the church and its belfry were 損失d in the attack by 抗議する人s 論証するing against the 1967 中東の war.

The bell was 不正に 損失d and (判決などを)下すd useless in the 出来事/事件, said Sydney Rath, a 地元の Christian member of the church. He said the bell was not 任命する/導入するd all these years because "the community didn't have enough 資源s to order a new bell after its 損失."

Rath said one of the 概略で 30 Christian families living in Srinagar 寄付するd the bell.

People from other 約束s, 含むing イスラム教徒s and Hindus, also 参加するd in the event on Sunday.

The Rev. Roy Matthews, the church's 牧師, said the interfaith 儀式 反映するd the 伝統的な "合成物 culture" of Kashmir.

"So the message is loud and (疑いを)晴らす that we all are one, no 事柄 whatever 約束, 説得/派閥 you have, but 基本的に we are all human 存在s," Matthews said. "This is a message that every 宗教 should make known to the world today because of the 分割s and 暴力/激しさ in the 指名する of 宗教."

India and Pakistan each 治める part of Kashmir, but both (人命などを)奪う,主張する the Himalayan 領土 in its entirety. 反逆者/反逆する groups have been fighting since 1989 for the Indian-治めるd 部分 to become 独立した・無所属 or 合併する with Pakistan.

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