{"id":28016,"date":"2018-04-04T06:58:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T06:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=28016"},"modified":"2018-04-04T08:26:14","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T08:26:14","slug":"uk-stand-persecuted-christians-says-prime-minister-acn-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2018\/04\/04\/uk-stand-persecuted-christians-says-prime-minister-acn-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"UK : &#8216;We stand with persecuted Christians&#8217; says Prime Minister &#8211; ACN Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>UK<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>&#8216;We stand with persecuted Christians&#8217; says Prime Minister<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP Jim Shannon commented on the return of many\u00a0 Christians to the Nineveh Plains and asked the Prime Minister, Theresa May, to pledge her support for them during Prime Minister\u2019s question time last week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In reply, Theresa May reiterated her support of Christians who are persecuted in Iraq and other countries around the world and said she&#8217;s looking to do more to help those who face violence because of their faith.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">May said: &#8220;Easter is, of course, the most important time in the Christian calendar. It is a time of new life and hope. The message of the cross and the resurrection help to support Christians around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;We stand with those persecuted Christians. We will be looking to see what more the Government can do to support them.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">May also mentioned a meeting with an Iraqi priest who gave her a Bible saved from a church which was destroyed by Islamic State. 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