St. John’s Cathedral in Denver formally installed a Muslim Shiite cleric as its newest staff member during a service Nov. 14. Ibrahim Kazerooni, an Iraqi native who has lived in Denver for four years, is interim director of the cathedral’s fledgling Abrahamic Initiative, a bridge-building effort among Christians, Jews and Muslims.
Accused by Saddam Hussein’s government of being a spy for Iran, Iman Kazerooni was jailed and tortured.
Rather than pay him a salary, St. John’s will pay for a year’s tuition at the Iliff School of Theology, where he is pursuing a master’s in theology. He will continue to lead the Islamic Center of Ahl-Beit in Denver.
–The Living Church
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