MEDIA kerajaan Syria mengatakan serangan udara British adalah menyalahi undang-UNDANG . . .

RAF Tornado terbang di atas Akrotiri RAF di selatan Cyprus 3 Disember 2015 (RAF Tornados fly above RAF Akrotiri in southern Cyprus December 3, 2015) © Darren Staples/Reuters

nUSANTARa - Media negeri Syria mendakwa keputusan parlimen British untuk melanjutkan serangan udara terhadap Negara Islam (IS, yang sebelum ini ISIS/ISIL) dari Iraq ke Syria adalah dengan melanggar undang-undang antarabangsa.

Tuntutan datang sehari selepas Ahli Parlimen mengundi untuk sasaran bom dalam negara yang dilanda perang itu dan beberapa jam selepas sorties pertama mencecah medan minyak di timur negara ini.

‘The Independent’ melaporkan bahawa akhbar Al-Baath - yang dilaporkan jawapan kepada pihak Presiden Bashar Assad sendiri - kata Perdana Menteri, David Cameron telah menjalankan "Kempen PR" dalam menyokong "menunjukkan diketuai Amerika Syarikat melanggar piagam PBB."

Syrian state media says British airstrikes are illegal

Syrian state media outlets claim the British parliament’s decision to extend airstrikes against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) from Iraq into Syria is in contravention of international law.

The claims come a day after MPs voted to bomb targets within the war-torn country and hours after the first sorties hit an oilfield in the east of the country.

The Independent reported that the Al-Baath newspaper – which reportedly answers to President Bashar Assad’s own party – said Prime Minister David Cameron was running a “PR campaign” in support of a “US-led show in violation of the UN charter.”

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Al-Thawra, satu lagi akhbar rasmi, kata Cameron dan berkubah Dewan Rakyat "lebih legitimasi antarabangsa seperti biasa."

Politik British masih terasa bahang dari keputusan itu di Parlimen semalam untuk melanjutkan serangan udara ke Syria.

Setiausaha Pertahanan Michael Fallon mendakwa pada hari Khamis bahawa serbuan pengeboman RAF terhadap IS di Syria telah diuruskan "tamparan sebenar" untuk membiayai kumpulan pengganas.

Analisis menunjukkan "serangan berjaya," tuntutan Kementerian Pertahanan (MoD).

Fallon memberitahu BBC beliau telah meluluskan sasaran sebelum Dewan Rakyat mengundi pada petang Rabu, dan memberikan kebenaran bagi serbuan untuk pergi ke hadapan apabila Ahli Parlimen telah rubberstamped melanjutkan serangan udara.

Tambahnya, serangan udara terhadap pelampau dijangka terus bertahun-tahun.

"Ini tidak akan menjadi cepat," katanya.

Al-Thawra, another official newspaper, said Cameron and the House of Commons vaulted “over international legitimacy as usual.”

British politics is still reeling from the decision in parliament last night to extend airstrikes to Syria.

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon claimed on Thursday that RAF bombing raids against IS in Syria have dealt “a real blow” to the financing of the terror group.

Analysis indicates “the strikes were successful,” the Ministry of Defence (MoD) claimed.

Fallon told the BBC he had approved the targets before the House of Commons vote on Wednesday evening, and gave permission for the raids to go ahead once MPs had rubberstamped extending airstrikes.

He added that airstrikes against extremists are likely to continue for years.

“This is not going to be quick,” he said.

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RAF menyerang sasaran di SYRIA selepas undi parlimen untuk mengebom ISIS . . .

nUSANTARa - Dalam undi 397-223, Ahli Parlimen British telah mengundi untuk melanjutkan serangan udara terhadap Negara Islam (IS) ke Syria. Setiausaha Luar Shadow Hilary Benn bercakap dengan penuh semangat untuk menyokong langkah itu, menentang pemimpin Buruh Jeremy Corbyn dan menyokong pelan PM David Cameron.

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Selepas hari huru-hara yang perdebatan berapi-api, gerakan untuk melanjutkan serangan udara terhadap Negara Islam (IS, yang sebelum ini ISIS/ISIL). Ada 67 Ahli Parlimen Buruh mengundi menyokong serangan, berayun undi memihak kepada kerajaan.

Beberapa jam selepas undi, jet RAF dijalankan serangan udara pertama mereka di wilayah Syria, yang Kementerian Pertahanan jurucakap berkata awal hari ini. Beliau enggan memberi butir-butir mengenai laman tertentu yang disasarkan.

RAF strikes targets in Syria after parliament votes to bomb ISIS . . .

In a 397-223 vote, British MPs have voted to extend airstrikes against Islamic State into Syria. Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn spoke passionately in support of the move, defying Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and backing the plan of PM David Cameron.

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After a tumultuous day of impassioned debate, the motion to extend airstrikes against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL). Some 67 Labour MPs voted in favor of the strikes, swinging the vote in the government’s favor.

Hours after the vote, RAF jets carried out their first airstrikes on Syrian territory, a Ministry of Defence spokesman said early Thursday. He refused to give details of the specific sites targeted.

Sebelum itu pada waktu petang, Setiausaha Luar Philip Hammond berkata serbuan boleh bermula "cepat" kerana jet sudah ditempatkan di Timur Tengah di mana mereka menjalankan serangan di Iraq.

Antara ucapan yg menonjol dalam perjalanan raksasa perdebatan 10 jam itu ucapan penutup Setiausaha Luar Shadow Hilary Benn, yang menggesa Ahli Parlimen untuk bertindak berikutan kekejaman di Paris bulan lepas.

Earlier in the evening, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said raids could begin “very quickly” because jets are already stationed in the Middle East where they are carrying out attacks in Iraq.

Among the standout speeches in the course of the mammoth 10 hour debate was Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn’s closing remarks, which called on MPs to act following the atrocities in Paris last month.

"Pembunuhan beramai-ramai" di Paris "membawa pulang bahaya ini" ke UK dan dipupuk keperluan untuk bertindak terhadap golongan ekstremis, katanya, kerana ia boleh menjadi dan "masih boleh" bandar British.

Benn berkata adalah menjadi tanggungjawab "moral dan praktikal" Britain untuk melanjutkan serangan udara ke Syria.

BACA LAGI: Cameron jenama 'bersimpati pengganas' Corbyn kerana menentang serangan udara Syria (READ MORE: Cameron brands Corbyn ‘terrorist sympathizer’ for opposing Syria airstrikes)

Hasilnya akan disambut oleh Perdana Menteri, David Cameron, yang sebelum ini berjanji untuk hanya mengadakan undi apabila dia telah dijamin sokongan parlimen.

The “carnage” in Paris “brought home the present danger” to the UK and fostered the need to act against the extremists, he said, because it could have been and “could still be” a British city.

Benn added it is Britain’s “moral and practical” duty to extend airstrikes into Syria.

READ MORE: Cameron brands Corbyn ‘terrorist sympathizer’ for opposing Syria airstrikes

The result will be welcomed by Prime Minister David Cameron, who previously pledged to only hold a vote once he was guaranteed the support of parliament.

Walau bagaimanapun, pemimpin Buruh Jeremy Corbyn telah mengalami kekalahan memalukan, dengan 67 Ahli Parlimen sendiri mengundi terhadapnya. Beliau dipaksa oleh kabinet bayangan derhaka untuk membolehkan parti itu untuk mengadakan undi percuma.

Namun, majoriti Ahli Parlimen Buruh - 153 - dan 16 ahli-ahli Kabinet Bayangan disokong Corbyn dalam kes terhadap melancarkan kempen pengeboman di luar negara baru di Britain. 53 Ahli Parlimen dari Parti Kebangsaan Scotland (SNP) juga membuang undi "Tidak", bersama-sama dengan 3 Ahli Parlimen Demokratik Sosial dan Parti Buruh. Lain-lain yang menentang usul itu 2 Liberal Demokrat, dua Ahli Parlimen Plaid Cymru, dan satu Ahli Parlimen Green.

Pada hari Rabu jurucakap kem Corbyn berkata mereka dijangka kehilangan undi, tetapi mendakwa kerajaan telah "hilang hujah."

However, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has suffered an embarrassing defeat, with 67 of his own MPs voting against him. He was forced by a rebellious shadow cabinet to allow his party to hold a free vote.

Still, the majority of Labour MPs – 153 – and 16 members of the Shadow Cabinet supported Corbyn in his case against launching Britain’s new overseas bombing campaign. Fifty-three MPs from the Scottish National Party (SNP) also cast “No” votes, along with three Social Democratic and Labour Party MPs. Others opposing the motion were two Liberal Democrats, two Plaid Cymru MPs, and one Green MP.

Earlier on Wednesday a spokesperson for the Corbyn camp said they expected to lose the vote, but claimed the government had “lost the argument.”

Setiausaha Luar Philip Hammond berkata serangan udara akhirnya akan membuka jalan untuk satu pertempuran di atas darat, yang katanya adalah satu-satunya cara untuk mengalahkan IS.

"Serangan udara sahaja tidak akan menyelesaikan ISIL," katanya "tetapi mereka akan dari masa ke masa merendahkan ISIL dan memaksa perubahan dalam tingkah laku."

Hammond berkata serangan darat akan diperlukan pada akhirnya untuk menggulingkan ISIL dari kubu kuat Raqqa itu.

"Akhirnya ada perlu menjadi serangan darat di Raqqa," katanya. "Ini akan datang dalam beberapa bulan atau mungkin tahun."

Undi pada petang Rabu telah bertemu dengan protes anti-perang di seluruh UK, dengan penunjuk perasaan di London pementasan “die-in”  di luar Majlis Parlimen yang menghalang jalan raya dan membawa trafik terhenti.

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said airstrikes would ultimately pave the way for a battle on the ground, which he said is the only way to defeat IS.

“Airstrikes alone will not finish ISIL,” he said “but they will over time degrade ISIL and force a change in its behavior.”

Hammond said a ground assault will be needed in the end to oust ISIL from its Raqqa stronghold.

“Ultimately there will need to be a ground assault on Raqqa,” he said. “That will come in months or perhaps years.”

The vote on Wednesday evening was met with anti-war protests throughout the UK, with demonstrators in London staging a “die-in” outside the Houses of Parliament that blocked roads and brought traffic to a standstill.



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'MENUJU ke Syria untuk membantu menentang ISIS' penasihat ketenteraan China - Laporan

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nUSANTARa - China akan membantu daripada kerajaan Syria dalam memerangi Negara Islam (IS, yang sebelum ini ISIL/ISIS) dengan menghantar "penasihat tentera," tuntut laporan media.

"Orang Cina akan tiba pada minggu-minggu akan datang," kata seorang pegawai tentera Syria memberitahu laman web berita yang berpangkalan di Lubnan Al-Masdar Al-Arabi.

Laporan itu mendakwa bahawa sebuah kapal tentera laut China adalah dalam perjalanan ke Syria dengan berpuluh-puluh "penasihat tentera" di atas kapal. Mereka dilaporkan akan diikuti oleh tentera.

Kapal itu dikatakan telah meninggal Terusan Suez di Mesir dan membuat jalan melalui Laut Mediterranean.

Menurut laman web itu, penasihat akan menyertai kakitangan Rusia di rantau Latakia itu.

Sementara itu, laman web berita tentera Israel, ‘DEBKAfile’, telah memetik sumber tentera sebagai berkata bahawa pengangkut pesawat China, Liaoning-CV-16, telah dikesan di pelabuhan Syria Tartus di pantai Mediterranean. Ia dikatakan akan disertai dengan cruiser peluru berpandu.

Berita itu datang selepas Rusia, Iran, Iraq dan Syria bersetuju untuk menubuhkan sebuah pusat maklumat bersama di Baghdad untuk menyelaraskan operasi mereka terhadap militan Negara Islam, menurut sumber-sumber.

"Matlamat utama pusat ini akan mengumpul, memproses dan menganalisis maklumat terkini mengenai keadaan di Timur Tengah - terutamanya untuk pertempuran IS," kata sumber tentera-diplomatik kepada agensi berita Rusia, Sabtu lalu.

Presiden Rusia Vladimir Putin baru-baru ini ditanya mengenai kehadiran Rusia di Syria, yang dia menjawab bahawa aktiviti Rusia adalah terhad kepada membekalkan senjata kepada kerajaan Syria, latihan kakitangan dan menyediakan bantuan kemanusiaan kepada rakyat Syria.

"Kami bertindak berdasarkan Piagam Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu, iaitu prinsip-prinsip asas undang-undang antarabangsa moden, mengikut yang ini atau yang berjenis bantuan, termasuk bantuan tentera, boleh dan mesti disediakan secara eksklusif kepada kerajaan yang sah sesebuah negara atau yang lain, apabila persetujuan atau permintaan, atau atas keputusan Majlis Keselamatan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu, "Putin memberitahu rancangan CBS '60 Minutes '.

Putin mengulangi sokongannya kepada tentera Syria biasa - tentera Presiden Bashar Assad. "Dia [Assad] berhadapan dengan apa yang beberapa rakan antarabangsa kami mentafsirkan sebagai pembangkang. Pada hakikatnya, tentera Assad adalah memerangi organisasi pengganas, "kata Putin.

Presiden Rusia berkata bahawa Amerika Syarikat cuba untuk melatih pembangkang Syria untuk mengambil Negara Islam telah gagal. Amerika Syarikat telah bertujuan untuk menyediakan sehingga 12,000 pejuang, tetapi hanya 60 berjaya menamatkan latihan dan hanya 4 atau 5 sebenarnya berjuang dengan pembangkang, manakala yang lain melarikan diri ke IS dengan senjata Amerika, Putin berkata, memetik pendengaran Senat Amerika Syarikat.

"Pada pendapat saya, penyediaan sokongan ketenteraan kepada struktur haram bertentangan dengan prinsip-prinsip undang-undang antarabangsa moden dan Piagam Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu," kata beliau.

Kembali pada bulan Disember 2014, China telah menawarkan untuk membantu Iraq dalam memerangi militan Negara Islam, sukarela untuk membantu dengan serangan udara, tetapi berkata ia tidak akan menyertai gabungan yang diketuai Amerika Syarikat terhadap ISIS.

Dalam salah satu kekejaman terkini yang dilakukan oleh IS, kumpulan pengganas yang menggunakan majalah dalam talian untuk hantar gambar-gambar 2 tebusan, satu Norway dan seorang Cina, meletakkan orang-orang atas "untuk dijual."

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Assad’s enemies may be portrayed as opposition, but he fights terrorists (Musuh Assad boleh digambarkan sebagai pembangkang, tetapi dia melawan pengganas) – #Putin http://on.rt.com/6sbd  4:10 AM - 27 Sep 2015

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China’s military advisers ‘heading to Syria 

to help fight ISIS’ – report

China will be helping out the Syrian government in the fight against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIL/ISIS) by sending “military advisers,” media reports have claimed.

“The Chinese will be arriving in the coming weeks,” a Syrian army official told the Lebanon-based news website Al-Masdar Al-‘Arabi. 

The report claims that a Chinese naval vessel is on its way to Syria with dozens of “military advisers” on board. They will reportedly be followed by troops.

The ship is said to have passed the Suez Canal in Egypt and be making its way through the Mediterranean Sea.

According to the website, the advisers will be joining Russian personnel in the Latakia region.

Meanwhile, an Israeli military news website, DEBKAfile, has cited military sources as saying that a Chinese aircraft carrier, the Liaoning-CV-16, has already been spotted at the Syrian port of Tartus on the Mediterranean coast. It was said to be accompanied by a guided missile cruiser. 

The news comes after Russia, Iran, Iraq and Syria agreed to establish a joint information center in Baghdad to coordinate their operations against Islamic State militants, according to sources.

“The main goal of the center will be gathering, processing and analyzing current information about the situation in the Middle East – primarily for fighting IS,” a military-diplomatic source told Russian news agencies on Saturday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was recently asked about Russia’s presence in Syria, to which he replied that Russia’s activities are limited to supplying weapons to the Syrian government, training personnel and providing humanitarian aid for the Syrian people.

“We act based on the United Nations Charter, i.e. the fundamental principles of modern international law, according to which this or that type of aid, including military assistance, can and must be provided exclusively to the legitimate government of one country or another, upon its consent or request, or upon the decision of the United Nations Security Council,” Putin told CBS’s ‘60 Minutes’ show.

Putin reiterated his support for Syria’s regular army – the army of President Bashar Assad. “He [Assad] is confronted with what some of our international partners interpret as an opposition. In reality, Assad’s army is fighting against terrorist organizations,” Putin said.

Russia’s president added that US attempts to train a Syrian opposition to take on Islamic State have failed. The US had aimed to prepare up to 12,000 fighters, but only 60 managed to complete the training and only four or five actually fought with the opposition, while others fled to IS with American weapons, Putin said, citing US Senate hearings.

“In my opinion, provision of military support to illegal structures runs counter to the principles of modern international law and the United Nations Charter,” he said.

Back in December, 2014, China offered to help Iraq in fighting Islamic State militants, volunteering to assist with airstrikes, but said it would not join the US-led coalition against ISIS. 

In one of the latest atrocities committed by IS, the terror group used an online magazine to post pictures of two hostages, one Norwegian and one Chinese, putting the men up “for sale.” 

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iHappy sekarang? New/baru $ 299 PERANTI mahu menjadi RAMAH iPhone 6 (VIDEO) . . .

Screenshot from youtube.com/channel/UCvpbl7S4DGoG3fVh6Mu7mHg

MADAyuMadyan - #Bendgate Tidak lulus tanpa disedari: Alat utk menekan baru, tetapi tidak sempurna, iPhone6 ​​semula ke dalam bentuk sudah dijual untuk . . . $ 299. Bagi Amerika Syarikat, ini adalah sekitar harga telefon itu sendiri dalam ikatan dengan kontrak.

Sebuah syarikat yang dikenali sebagai gTool telah mendakwa bahawa 'PanelPress' akan meluruskan peranti dengan mengenakan tekanan kepadanya dari arah yang lain menggunakan sistem pengapit getah empuk dan skru.

Proses ini pada mulanya kelihatan agak menakutkan bagi pemilik peranti yang mahu membetulkan masalah publisiti meluas. Telefon ini perlu diletakkan di dalam cengkaman naib seperti dengan sokongan kecil di bawahnya menandakan talian selekoh.

Bolt atas maka perlu diperketatkan supaya telefon adalah "unbent," dengan membengkokkan ianya ke arah yang lain.

iHappy NOW? New $299 DEVICE Wants to Unbend 

iPhone 6 (VIDEO) . . .

#Bendgate has not passed unnoticed: A gadget for pressing the new, but not infallible, iPhone6 back into shape has gone on sale for. . . $299. For the US, this is around the price of the phone itself in a bundle with a contract.

A company called gTool has been claiming that its ‘PanelPress’ will straighten out the device by applying pressure to it from the other direction using a system of rubber-padded clamps and screws.

The process initially seems quite intimidating for owners of the device wanting to rectify the widely-publicized problems. The phone has to be placed in a vice-like grip with a small support underneath it marking the bend line.

The top bolts then have to be tightened so that the phone is “unbent,” by bending it in the other direction.

Sebelum proses berlaku, bagaimanapun, salah satu daripada masalah-masalah lain bahawa terkenal iPhone kerana mudah yang perlu dielakkan - kaca skrin peranti perlu diambil untuk mengelakkan memecahkan di bawah tekanan.

Apabila telefon yang telah bengkok ke dalam bentuk, pengguna akan bebas untuk mengembalikan skrin. Memandangkan, sudah tentu, bahawa telefon tidak mem-bongkok di 2 tempat selepas itu.

#Bendgate Pergi virus pd media sosial selepas iPhone6 ​​dikeluarkan - & membuk-tikan terdedah kepada lenturan apabila diletakkan di dalam poket belakang, atau terduduk di atasnya.

Before the process takes place, however, one of the other problems that the iPhone is renowned for being susceptible to needs to be circumvented – the device’s glass screen needs to be taken out to prevent it shattering under pressure.

Once the phone has been bent back into shape, users will be free to reinstate the screen. Given, of course, that the phone hasn’t been bent in two places after the procedure.

#Bendgate went viral on social media soon after iPhone6 was released – and proved susceptible to bending when placed in back pockets, or sat on.

Gergasi teknologi memandang ringan potensi telefon membengkok, walaupun, mengatakan bahawa pelanggannya kurang daripada sedozen mengadu mengenai isu itu tidak lama selepas pelancaran itu. Ia juga berkata telefon itu boleh mem-bongkok kerana saiz yang besar dan bingkai sangat nipis.

Walau bagaimanapun, skandal itu diikuti dgn hashtag mencaci yg ke-2 "#Hair-gate" - di mana pengguna iPhone menyatakan yang mudah terjejas rambut mereka untuk ditangkap dalam peranti, sesuatu seperti pisau cukur yang tidak diundang.

The technology giant downplayed the phone’s potential to bend, though, saying that less than a dozen customers complained about the issue soon after the launch. It also said the phone may be bending due to its large size and very thin frame.

However, the scandal was followed by a second disparaging hashtag of “#Hairgate” – during which iPhone users noted the susceptibility of their hair to getting caught in the devices, something like an unwelcome razor.

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'KEJAYAAN' Katolik: VATICAN Menganggap 'MENYAMBUT Hadiah dan KUALITI Gays (homoseksual & LESBIAN)' . . .

Yang memegang Lilin-lilin setia semasa berjaga, yang diketuai oleh Paus Francis, untuk menandakan pembukaan Synod kepada keluarga di Dataran Saint Peter di Vatican 4 Okt 2014 (The faithful hold candles during a vigil, led by Pope Francis, to mark the opening of the Synod on the family in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican October 4, 2014 (Reuters/Tony Gentile)

MADAyuMadyan - Gereja Katolik, yang sebelum ini mengutuk homoseksual seba-gai "intrinsik bercelaru," sedang mempertimbangkan homoseksual memeluk beri-man, dan juga sebahagiannya menerima sama jantina, dan lain-lain perkongsian agama unsanctioned.

"Homoseksual mempunyai hadiah dan kualiti untuk menawarkan masyarakat Kristian: kita mampu menyambut orang-orang ini, menjamin kepada mereka ruang lagi dalam masyarakat kita Sering kali mereka ingin menghadapi Gereja yang menawarkan mereka rumah mengalu-alukan," katanya dalam satu "relatio, "doku-men yg dikeluarkan pd masa separuh jalan daripada Synod, perbincangan dua minggu Katolik dan hubungan peribadi di Vatican, yang dihadiri oleh 200 uskup senior.

"Adakah masyarakat kita mampu membuktikan bahawa, menerima dan menilai orientasi seksual mereka, tanpa menjejaskan doktrin Katolik mengenai keluarga dan perkahwinan?"

Muktamar, yang telah dihadiri oleh Pope Francis, juga telah mengiktiraf kesahihan hubungan gay, walaupun ia berhenti jauh dari menyamakan mereka dengan perkahwinan.

"Tanpa menafikan masalah moral yang berkaitan dengan kesatuan homoseksual ia perlu diambil perhatian bahawa terdapat kes-kes di mana bantuan bersama ke pusat pengorbanan merupakan sokongan yang berharga dalam kehidupan rakan-rakan," kata relatio, yang merupakan perbincangan draf awal yang mungkin akan menjadi asas kepada alamat yang akhir, yang akan diterbitkan selepas dewan gereja tertutup wrap up.

Walaupun keinginan homoseksual dan LESBIAN tidak dianggap memang berdosa oleh Vatican, seks adalah gay. Namun, Pope Francis sudah memberi isyarat pendi-rian berpotensi kurang yg menyalahkan tahun lepas, terkenal berkata, "Siapakah saya untuk menghukum?" Apabila disoal tentang lelaki gay membujang menjadi berimam. Dalam usaha saat akhir, Paus secara peribadi memperkenalkan beberapa sekutu teologi ke dalam jawatankuasa relatio merangka minggu lepas.

CATHOLIC ‘breakthrough’: VATICAN Considers ‘Welcoming GIFTS and QUALITIES  Of GAYS’ . . .

The Catholic Church, which previously condemned homosexuality as “intrinsically disordered,” is considering embracing homosexual believers, as well as partially accepting same-sex, and other religiously unsanctioned partnerships.

"Homosexuals have gifts and qualities to offer the Christian community: are we capable of welcoming these people, guaranteeing to them a further space in our communities? Often they wish to encounter a Church that offers them a welcoming home," it said in a “relatio,” a document released at the half-way point of the Synod, a two-week discussion of Catholicism and personal relationships at the Vatican, attended by 200 senior bishops.

"Are our communities capable of proving that, accepting and valuing their sexual orientation, without compromising Catholic doctrine on the family and matrimony?”

The Synod, which has been attended by Pope Francis, has also recognized the validity of gay relationships, though it stopped far short of equating them to marriage.

"Without denying the moral problems connected to homosexual unions it has to be noted that there are cases in which mutual aid to the point of sacrifice constitutes a precious support in the life of the partners," said the relatio, which is a preliminary discussion draft that will likely form the basis of the final address, to be issued after the closed-door Synod wraps up.

While homosexual desires are not considered inherently sinful by the Vatican, gay sex is. Yet, Pope Francis already signaled a potentially less condemnatory stance last year, famously saying, “Who am I to judge?” when questioned about celibate gay men becoming priests. In a last-minute move, the pontiff personally introduced several of his theological allies into the relatio drafting committee last week.

Pope Francis meraikan jisim untuk menandakan pembukaan dewan gereja pada keluarga di Dataran Saint Peter di Vatican Oktober 5, 2014 (Pope Francis celebrates a mass to mark the opening of the synod on the family in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican October 5, 2014 (Reuters/Tony Gentile)

QUEST, kumpulan Katolik gay yang lama wujud, berkata kenyataan baru "mewa-kili satu kejayaan dalam bahawa mereka mengakui bahawa kesatuan itu mem-punyai kebaikan intrinsik & merupakan sumbangan yg berharga kepada masya-rakat yang lebih luas dan kebaikan bersama."

Sementara itu, David dan Jonathan, persatuan Kristian gay di Perancis, berkata ia menerima berita "dengan kegembiraan."

"Hakikat bahawa kita walaupun dalam agenda luar biasa . . ." kata jurucakap Elizabeth Saint-Guily.

Muktamar juga telah dipanggil untuk permohonan "undang-undang kecerunan," dengan keadaan keluarga yang tidak konvensional - sama ada perkahwinan dija-lankan tanpa rahmat gereja atau bersama-kediaman - untuk dilihat dari segi Ketepatan dalam darjah perbezaan, tidak hitam dan putih. Imam digalakkan untuk memupuk "unsur-unsur yang membina dalam situasi yang belum atau tidak lagi sesuai dengan ideal itu," dan bukannya "mengasingkan" orang yang beriman den-gan memberitahu mereka mereka "hidup dalam dosa."

"Setiap keluarga rosak pertama sekali perlu mendengar dengan hormat dan kasih sayang, menjadi sahabat dalam perjalanan sebagai Kristus dengan murid-murid di jalan raya untuk Emmaus," kata relatio, yang menegaskan bahawa gereja harus "menerima hakikat" daripada hubungan moden.

Relatio tidak beralih pembangkang asasnya kawalan kelahiran, tetapi berkata bahawa jika ada apa-apa kaedah yang diamalkan, mereka perlu mengambil kira "maruah orang itu," dengan kaedah semula jadi dengan cara yang disukai menge-lakkan persenyawaan.

Kesimpulan mesyuarat akan dibincangkan pada tahun hadapan, sebelum dokumen itu muktamad era Pope Francis diterbitkan demi satu Synod.

QUEST, a long-established gay Catholic group, said the new statements "represent a breakthrough in that they acknowledge that such unions have an intrinsic goodness and constitute a valuable contribution to wider society and the common good."

Meanwhile, David and Jonathan, a gay Christian association in France, said it received the news “with joy.”

"The fact that we are even on the agenda is amazing…” said spokeswoman Elizabeth Saint-Guily.

The Synod has also called for the application of the “law of gradualness,” with unconventional family situations – be it marriages conducted without a church blessing or co-habitation – to be seen in nuanced, not black-and-white terms. Priests are encouraged to nurture "constructive elements in those situations that do not yet or no longer correspond to that ideal," instead of “alienating” believers by telling them they are “living in sin.”

“Each damaged family first of all should be listened to with respect and love, becoming companions on the journey as Christ did with the disciples on the road to Emmaus,” said the relatio, which insisted that the church must “accept the reality” of modern relationships.

The relatio did not shift its fundamental opposition of birth control, but said that if any such methods are practiced, they must take into account the “dignity of the person,” with natural method the preferred way of avoiding conception.

The conclusions of the meeting will be discussed over the next year, before the definitive document of Pope Francis’s era is published after another Synod.

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