Christian archbishops from the Middle East are BANNED from the UK despite being invited to meet Prince Charles – yet ‘extremist Islamic preachers are allowed in’
By: Anna Hopkins For Mailonline, dailymail.co.uk
Date: December 04, 2016
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Three Christian leaders from Iraq and Syria were denied entrance to the UK last week – despite a formal invitation to meet Prince Charles.
The men planned to travel to London for a consecration ceremony of Britain’s first Syriac Orthodox Cathedral.
Archbishops Nicodemus Daoud Sharaf of Mosul, Timothius Mousa Shamani of St Matthew’s in Nineveh valley of northern Iraq, and Selwanos Boutros Alnemeh of Homs and Hama in Syria reportedly missed the event as the Home Office deemed their visa applications unacceptable.
The three claimed that they were told their visas were denied because they ‘did not have enough money to support themselves and might not leave the UK’, according to the Sunday Express.
Archbishop Alnemeh claims he was told by the British embassy that they do not issue visas to anyone in Syria.