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Islamic Extremism: Middle and Archbishop

islamic extremism: Two dozen refugees from Iraq asked the archbishop to help them leave the Middle East after praying with him at the Anglican church of St, according to Metro News. Paul in Amman. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said Christians are the past in the Middle East, they are the present and they must be the future. Welby also met Jordan's King Abdullah II and visited the Zaatari refugee camp. At dusk, the bells at Amman's Church of the Redeemer rang out in welcome of the archbishop for a prayer service with about a hundred Jordanian, Iraqi and other Christians. The Middle East is home to the oldest Christian communities in the world, but large numbers have fled in recent years to escape war and Islamic extremism. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.