Killing of the late Bishop Boulos Faraj Rahoo

With great sorrow and condemnation, the Middle East Council of Churches received the sad news of the killing of the late Bishop Boulos Faraj Rahoo, the Bishop of the Chaldean Church in Musol – Iraq after days on his kidnapping by unknown armed group.

 The MECC condemns this terrorist killing and call on the Iraqi Government to open and immediate investigation on this sad event and find out the complete truth.  

The MECC also encourages the Islamic Iraqi and Arabic leaderships to raise their voice in condemnation and in defending the Christian-Muslim coexistence, which Christian churches in the Arabic World are keen to preserve.

Beirut, 13 March 2008

Gurigis Ibrahim Saleh

General Secretary

Middle East Council of Churches