British lords debate government’s responsibility for religious asylum seekers
Brian Pellot
British politicians and faith leaders gathered at the House of Lords Tuesday to discuss the persecution of Christians abroad and the United Kingdom’s “non-functional” path to asylum.
Bishop Angaelos
Baroness Elizabeth Berridge (left) and Bishop Angaelos address attendees at the All Party Parliamentary Group on International Religious Freedom’s event on persecuted Christians and asylum seekers at the House of Lords on Tuesday (Oct. 23, 2013) in London. Photo by Brian Pellot
The recently formed All Party Parliamentary Group on International Religious Freedom convened a meeting of Muslim and Christian representatives to address the hardships many Christians face, especially across Africa and the broader Middle East.
Bishop Angaelos of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the U.K. spoke out against Islamist theocracy in Egypt and the marginalization of Copts.
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