Christians on brink of extinction in Middle East, warns Archbishop of Canterbury

Christians who were
the first founders of the church are on brink of “imminent
extinction”, the Archbishop of Canterbury is warning.

Describing the “daily threat of murder” faced in the Middle
East, the Most Reverend Justin Welby says Christians are
experiencing “the worst situation since the Mongol
invasions^[1] of the 13th
Century”.

Writing
in the Sunday Telegraph^[2], Archbishop Welby, the
most senior clergyman in the Church of England, calls on the
Government to take in more refugees.

It comes as figures have revealed just one in
400^[3] Syrian refugees
given asylum in the UK last year were Christians despite them being
subjected to “horrendous persecution”.

Highlighting their plight ahead of a special…^[4]