Thank you, witnesses, for your testimony today.
Ms. Abdo, it has been mentioned that Christianity has grown up, but I think we've seen over the last couple of years, even in Ireland where there was some terrorism, and we see even today on Ukraine's eastern border where Moscow itself has what it calls an Orthodox army, which in effect is persecuting other Orthodox Christians in Ukraine as we speak....
There is the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy, with parliamentarians from 25 different countries. It's not necessarily Orthodox countries per se, but Orthodox members of parliament.
Would you consider that would be helpful, maybe, or is there such an organization for Arab parliamentarians, not just from Arab countries but from the United States, Canada, and other countries to get together?
A lot of this seems to be the result of really serious misunderstandings. When we think of our Charter of Rights and Freedoms and freedom of speech, it just seems to run counter to what other societies and cultures believe in themselves. I think a lot could be meted out by discussions in these forums, to perhaps take back to our own countries, to help improve our own Charter of Rights.
Could you comment on that, please?