{"id":1889,"date":"2005-09-28T08:51:21","date_gmt":"2005-09-28T08:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2005\/09\/anglicans-in-iraq.html"},"modified":"2005-09-28T08:51:21","modified_gmt":"2005-09-28T08:51:21","slug":"anglicans-in-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2005\/09\/anglicans-in-iraq.html","title":{"rendered":"Anglicans in Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few days ago, a commentor offered some thoughts on our N.T. Wright thread here: Thomas Wyld gave us some insight into the situation of the Anglican community in Iraq<\/a><\/p>\n

Now he writes with this link:<\/a><\/p>\n

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The entire lay leadership team of the main Anglican church in Iraq is presumed to have been killed after they were attacked while returning from a conference in Jordan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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The team of five Iraqi-born Anglicans including the lay pastor and his deputy, should have returned two weeks ago from the conference.<\/p>\n

Canon Andrew White, of the Foundation for Reconciliation in the Middle East, who is the clergyman in charge of the church, said: "Anglican leaders in Baghdad have been missing for two weeks and they are presumed dead."<\/p>\n

Those missing include Maher Dakel, the lay pastor; his wife, Mona, who leads the women’s section of the church; their son Yeheya; the church’s pianist and music director, Firas Raad; the deputy lay pastor; and their driver, whose name has not been disclosed. <\/p>\n

Canon White last heard news of the five on September 13, when he was told that they had been attacked the day before while returning from Jordan on the notoriously dangerous road between Ramadi and Fallujah. <\/p>\n

"It is the most dangerous area in Iraq," he said. "One of two things must have happened. They either got kidnapped or they died. But we have had no ransom demand or anything."<\/p>\n

He said other members of the church had been convinced they had been taken to hospital by the Americans, which was one reason they had not released the news for so long. But repeated checks with the US forces and the Pentagon had drawn a blank.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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