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Media Advisor of INHR to Syria met Mufti Hassoun

Thanks to my friend, Nahad (‘Nana’) Lancaster for this account of my 2019 meeting with my friend the Grand Mufti of Syria, Dr Hassoun, appearing on the UN International Human Rights Council website.

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IHRC representative in Damascus met with Father Dave Smith

Thanks to my friend, Nahad (‘Nana’) Lancaster for this account of our meeting with Dr. Nabil Toumeh appearing on the UN International Human Rights Council website.

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Australia’s Pro-Putin, Pro-Syria, Celebrity Anglican Priest (Russia Insider, September 29, 2018)

I felt rather privileged to find myself subject of a major article in Russia Insider. The transcript it contains has a few typos. Even so, it portrays my views very accurately and comprehensively. Russia Insider – September 29, 2018

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news.com.au: Father Dave and Boxers for Peace aim to highlight the real situation in Syria

This is the best article to date published about the 2016 Boxers for Peace mission to Syria. Our goal is to tell the world about the real Syria and news.com.au has a great audience and, what’s more, Oliver Murray told the story … Continue reading

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SBS World News: Australian boxers fighting for peace in Syria

A big thank-you to Luke Waters for putting together this piece for SBS World News. It is perhaps the primary goal of Boxers for Peace to let the whole world know what is really going on in Syria. In truth, … Continue reading

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Boxing Priest’s fight for peace in Syria – SBS World News

It was great to get some coverage for our Boxers for Peace program. Most media outlets have refused to touch us because we don’t echo the official narrative – vilifying the Syrian government and dividing the rebels between violent jihadists and s0-called ‘moderates’. … Continue reading

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The Battle for the Vineyard (A sermon on Matthew 21:33-40)

Hear another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place. When … Continue reading

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Father Dave interviewed by George Galloway on RT’s ‘Sputnik’

A small team of us flew to London after leaving Syria on April 15, 2014. The original reason for going was to hand-deliver something to the Archbishop of Canterbury – an invitation from the Grand Mufti of Syria to visit Damascus. In … Continue reading

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One Tribe (A sermon on 1 Corinthians 1:10-18)

Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind … Continue reading

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