Wednesday 10 October 2012

朝圣准证




马来西亚公民所持有的国际护照是不准许入境以色列国,因为回教国家和以色列誓不两立。可是已受洗的基督徒,可以通过教会把洗礼证书一起呈交移民厅申请“朝圣”准证。

来临的11月,我与其他38位团友成功获得移民厅所发出的单行“Baitul Maqdis”*(耶路撒冷或耶路撒冷阿克萨清真寺)签证,可以在圣地逗留不超过14天。

第一次踏入圣地是在1997年。16年后重游圣地,求主恩待,让这次的旅程丰富我的生命。

*Bait-ul- Maqdis : Bait' literally means 'House': a mosque is frequently called Baitullah (the House of Allah). Bait-ul-Maqdis is the famous mosque in Jerusalem which is regarded as the third greatest mosque in the Islamic world; the first and second being Al-Masjid Al-Haram at Makka and the mosque of the Prophet sawat Al-Madina, respectively.

另参:马来西亚基督教朝圣者到圣地(以色列)的新限制 New Restrictions for Malaysian Christian Pilgrims to the Holy Land (Israel)

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