Hi All,
Ecumenical question time here- without cheating have a guess as to which faith the following clerics belong. To help one is a Christian, one is a Muslim and one is a Jew.
UPDATE @ 20.51 -
This cleric is Jewish. He is Isaac Joseph or Yitzhak Yosef and the Chief Sephardic Rabbi of Israel and Rishon LeZion .
This Cleric is a Christian. He is Pope Tawadros II or Pope Theodore II, a Coptic "Oriental Orthodox " Christian (the difference is apparently because they are "non Chalcedon" Christians who disagree on the duel nature or not of Jesus as god/man) and he one of the two Popes of Alexandria: Pope and Lord Archbishop of the Great City of Alexandria and Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy Orthodox and Apostolic Throne of Saint Mark the Evangelist and Holy Apostle that is, in Egypt, Pentapolis, Libya, Nubia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea and all Africa .The Pillar and Defender of the Holy, Catholic, Apostolic Church and of the Orthodox Faith. The Ecumenical (Universal) Judge (Arbitrator) of the Holy Apostolic and Catholic (Universal) Church. The Thirteenth among the Holy Apostles.Father of Fathers.Shepherd of Shepherds.Hierarch of all Hierarchs .
This cleric is a Muslim who is hojatoleslam or middle ranking Ayatollah . He is Mohammad-Ali Abtahi, an Iranian theologian and scholar, a former Vice -President of Iran, who is a member of the "Association of Combatant Clerics" Party, which despite its name is actually a liberal reformist part in Iran and interestingly used to blog. Abtahi was arrested, tortured and forced to confess various crimes after the controversial 2009 election in Iran which kept hardliners in power such as nutjob Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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