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Archbishop
Josiah Idowu-Fearon, Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, a body of
churches spread across more than 165 countries, the Archbishop is tasked with
holding together an estimated 85 million Christians in unity.
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A senior leader of
the Anglican church has appealed to Nigeria's Christian clergy to work more
closely with Muslims to combat the threat posed by militant Islamist group Boko
Haram.
In a BBC interview, Archbishop Josiah
Idowu-Fearon said: "The leadership on that continent and even in the Arab
world needs to look for men and women who value life, who do not support
religious extremism, come together for the salvation of their own parts of the
country."
He
added that some Christian clerics in Nigeria feared that the country was being
"Islamicized", and hampered his efforts to promote dialogue with
Muslims.
"Now
they are singing a different tune, 'Oh well, we can work together.' After so
many lives, and I tell you more Muslims have been killed than Christians in the
north east of Nigeria."
The
archbishop is a northern Nigerian who has become the new secretary-general of
the Anglican Communion, which represents 85 million Protestants worldwide.
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