Middle East

Position Statement 

The US Jesuit Provincials wrote a letter to President Bush dated Oct. 19, 2002, expressing their opposition to the war in Iraq.  Click here to view.

Jesuit Projects 

Baghdad College was founded by four New England Province Jesuits in 1931.  Owing to its success, Al-Hikma University was founded in 1956.  Jesuits were expelled from both schools during the Baathist coup of 1968 and they became public.  The New England Province continues its relationship in Iraq, as do the teachers and students from the University.  For more on that story, click here.

Resources 

Department of State Middle East Peace page.