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Jordan: No Entry For Egyptian Baptist Priests
2006-04-12
Jordan has barred five Egyptian Baptist priests from entering the country to attend Easter celebrations, well informed sources said on Tuesday. It was not immediately clear why the five Christian clergymen were sent back to Egypt. Reverend Nabih Abbasi, the leader of Jordan's tiny Baptist community said he was "shocked" by the decision to turn away the the Egyptian priests. Christians - mostly Catholic - make up just 3.4 percent of Jordan's mainly Muslim population of five million.
I presume they're "ministers," rather than "priests," but you know what they mean.
Posted by:Fred

#4  "beating the Baptists to the buffee."

I have Baptist cousins. Church "Buffee" usually means lotsa BBQ pork ribs. Bad thing in Jordan. Pork.
Posted by: BigEd   2006-04-12 12:36  

#3  ministers, priests, Catholics, Mormons, Buddhists, whatever. It's difficult to get these distinctions right when translating since they all translates from just one word - infidel.
Posted by: 2b   2006-04-12 12:22  

#2  It's because they weren't tiny Baptists. Jordan only wants tiny ones.
Posted by: Chuck Simmins   2006-04-12 12:06  

#1  Certainly a new approach to... "beating the Baptists to the buffee."
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-04-12 10:22  

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