"As a movement that brings together people of different beliefs, we consider it important to remind one simple thing: the right to dignity does not depend on what someone believes in," the students pointed out.
Study at UNIRSM in the blockade of the University in Belgrade, they condemned the alleged insulting of people who stood in lines to bow The Belt of the Most Holy Theotokos in the Church of St. Sava in Vračar.
"In recent days, we have witnessed the insults, ridicule and disparagement of people who stood in lines to worship the Belt of the Blessed Virgin Mary. As a movement that brings together people of different beliefs, we consider it important to remind one simple thing: the right to dignity does not depend on what someone believes in," the students stated in a post on Instagram.
They pointed out that among the students and citizens who have been standing side by side for almost two years are Orthodox, Catholics, Muslims, atheists, agnostics and those who keep their beliefs to themselves.
"We do not share the same views on all issues, and that is precisely why our community has a special value. We are not connected by the sameness, but by the willingness to respect each other despite our differences. That is why we do not accept that anyone is humiliated because of their faith, just as we would not accept that someone is attacked because they do not believe. Regardless of whether a person finds strength in religion, science, family, community or some other life support, his dignity must be the starting point of every conversation," said the students in the blockade on the Instagram social network, and on the occasion of allegedly insulting people who were standing in lines to worship the Belt of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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They added that the people standing in the lines should not be viewed through a political or ideological prism.
"These are not 'these' or 'them'. These are our fellow citizens. Among them there are students, workers, pensioners, parents, young and old. These are people of different beliefs and life paths, who were brought to the same place by the need for spirituality, hope or prayer. The Serbia we want to live in is one in which all citizens are equal, in which diversity is not perceived as a threat, but as an asset, in which there is room for those who pray in the temple, and for those who go to the temple they are not entering," pointed out the students in the blockade.
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