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Word: barnabas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...night last October, two gunmen burst into the Isfahan bedroom of Anglican Bishop Hassan Barnaba Dehqani-Tafti and his British-born wife Margaret, spraying them with automatic-pistol fire. Four bullets pierced the pillow near the bishop's head. Amazingly, he was not hit, though his wife received a bullet in the arm. The bishop, president of the Central Synod which includes all Anglicans in the Middle East, fled to exile in Cyprus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Unholy War | 5/26/1980 | See Source »

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