Tag: Justin Welby

Archbishop of Canterbury: ‘Conservative attitudes can be passport for misogyny’

June 8, 2017 Global News -- No Particular Country Belgium, Boko Haram, Copts, Egypt, Islamic extremism, Justin Welby, Kidnapping, Nigeria, Pakistan, Punjab, Religious freedom, Trauma, Women

Women are often subject to discrimination and rejection due to social, legal and cultural norms, especially in patriarchal societies. (Photo: Open Doors International)

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has said that sometimes “[religiously] conservative attitudes are a passport for misogyny, while at other times they are simply inherited attitudes”. His comment came two days after a consultation about Christian women under pressure for their faith, where speakers noted that women living in highly . . . Read More

Jordanian King ‘will protect Arab Christians’

May 8, 2017 Jordan Israel, Justin Welby, King Abdullah II, Middle East

The Archbishop of Canterbury is visiting Israel. In this picture (2013) he and is wife are just leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Photo: Getty Images / Ilia Yefimovich

King Abdullah II of Jordan said that he will protect the existence and identity of Arab Christians, when last week he met the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, who is on a 12-day tour of the Middle East. King Abdullah II spoke of Jordan as a model of harmonious coexistence between . . . Read More

Anglicans raise ‘religious freedom’ with Muslims

November 7, 2016 Global News -- No Particular Country Abu Dhabi, Islamic extremism, Justin Welby, Pakistan, UK, United Arab Emirates

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has led a delegation of Anglican leaders to the “Muslim Council of Elders” at a meeting in Abu Dhabi, UAE, to discuss integration and religious freedom. According to Anglican Communion News Service (ACNS), a letter by Anglican Communion Secretary General Dr Josiah Idowu-Fearon stressed . . . Read More

UK Coptic bishop receives Welby’s highest award

April 4, 2016 Bishop Angaelos, Copts, Egypt, Justin Welby, Middle East, UK

The Archbishop of Canterbury has given his highest award to , for his “exceptional services to the cause of Christian unity”. Justin Welby said to Bishop Angaelos, in presenting the Lambeth Cross for Ecumenism, “My encounter with Orthodoxy through you has been a really profound experience … It has changed . . . Read More

Religious unity risks fuelling extremism

May 11, 2015 Global News -- No Particular Country Justin Welby, London

Leaders from different religions risk fuelling extremism when they attempt to show unity and agree on everything, warns the Archbishop of Canterbury. Addressing a mixed faith audience in London, the Archbishop warned than when faith leaders hide behind “bland” statements about what they have in common rather than facing up . . . Read More

‘IS deeply evil’ – Archbishop of Canterbury

April 21, 2015 Global News -- No Particular Country Copts, Ethiopia, Europe, Islamic State, Justin Welby, Migrants, Refugees

The Archbishop of Canterbury was on a ‘visit of condolence’ to Egypt for its 20 Christians (one was from Ghana), beheaded by IS just before Easter, when news of the murdered Ethiopians came through. During his visit he described the treatment of Christians in Egypt as “the worst since the 13th . . . Read More

Warnings of draining the Middle East of Christians

November 21, 2014 Islamic State, Justin Welby, Middle East, UK

According to The Telegraph, “offering asylum in Britain to Christians fleeing the forces of the so-called Islamic State risks ‘draining’ the Middle East of communities which have been there since the time of St Paul, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has warned.” Welby said in extreme cases the UK . . . Read More

Welby concerned by Pakistan’s blasphemy laws

June 3, 2014 Blasphemy, Islamic extremism, Justin Welby, Pakistan, Religion Law

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby expressed his concerns over daily threats Christians face from Islamist militants and the blasphemy laws at the end of a two-day visit in Pakistan. Speaking to Muslim leaders, Welby is determined to improve relations between Christians and Muslims in the West. He was also . . . Read More

Archbishop of Canterbury and UK Foreign Office Minister alerted to need of Syrian Christians

July 10, 2013 Aleppo, Armenians, Bashar al-Assad, Damascus, Homs, Islamic extremism, Justin Welby, London, Middle East, Minorities, North Africa, Refugees, Religious freedom, Shia, Sunni, Syria, Syriacs, UK

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and the UK Foreign Office Minister responsible for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), have both acknowledged the findings of a report which says that Christians in Syria are increasingly targeted and vulnerable to persecution, amidst the on-going conflict there. Syria: Church on . . . Read More

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