The Anglican Church, which comprises about 71,500 worshippers, will hold a series of emergency meetings in light of reports of a threat being issued to Christians by a Trinidad and Tobago national sympathetic to socalled Islamic State. Bishop Claude Berkley yesterday told Newsday upcoming statutory meetings of the church, which had been due for the second week of September, will be brought forward in order to treat with the security issues that have arisen in the wake of publication of the claims made in an ISIS propaganda publication which features Shane Crawford calling on supporters to destroy \u201cChristian disbelievers\u201d\u009d. The details of the meetings will be finalised in coming days, Berkley said.<\/p>\n
Crawford, who was detained during the 2011 State of Emergency, also appears to confirm that former prime minister Kamla Persad- Bissessar was a target, saying it would have been \u201can honour\u201d\u009d to attempt an assassination. However he denies his group held that objective but, instead, opted to kill others.<\/p>\n
The Bishop yesterday said there was a need for an \u201cintense and serious discussion\u201d\u009d on the rapidly changing security landscape.<\/p>\n