Monthly Archives: July 2007

By John Pontifex BAGHDAD’S Church leaders have joined forces in a desperate bid to protect their people from persecution – according to a bishop who has dared to speak out on the growing crisis engulfing the city’s Christians.…

Eighty-Year-Old Basra Landmark Blown Up by Gunmen This Morning 07/29/2007 07:57 AM ET Basra, Jul 29, (VOI) – Unidentified gunmen blew up the Lion of Babylon statue in central Basra during the early hours of Sunday, eyewitnesses said.…

TEHRAN,(Mehr News Agency) – Iran is a typical example of peaceful coexistence between members of different religions, MP Yonatan Bet Kolia, the representative of the Assyrian and Chaldean Christian…

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Members of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom heard testimony July 25 from witnesses regarding the persecution of the ancient, non-Muslim minority religions in Iraq.…

By Julia Duin – Iraq’s outnumbered Christians and other religious minority groups are targets of a terror campaign and are facing a dire situation where killings and rapes have become the norm, a panel of witnesses testified yesterday on Capitol Hill.…

Rome, Jul 26, 2007 / 10:20 am (CNA).- The Iraqi ambassador to the Holy See, Albert Edward Ismail Yelda, said this week…

The Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce will host the second annual Chaldean Festival on Aug. 4-5 on Southfield’s Civic Center lawn along Evergreen. The free festival will be from noon to 10 p.m. both days.…

Source: IRNA Iran has always respected the rights of minorities and its history is proof of this claim, says Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki.…

Associated Press – July 25, 2007 8:34 PM ET WESTWOOD, Calif. (AP) – About 150 Iraqi Christians demonstrated in front of the Westwood federal building today,…

Contact: Judith Ingram, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 127 EVENT ADVISORY When: Wednesday, July 25, 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Where: Russell Senate Office Building, Room 485…

Odeishoo Moradkhani Rally of Christian people of Los Angeles on this coming Wednesday July 25th of 2007. This Rally has been organized by Churches of East and also AAAC (Assyrian Association of southernCalifornia ) and also members of AUA and Assyrian Aid society.…

By Agence France Presse (AFP) Catherine Hours / Agence France Presse BROOKHAVEN, New York: In his little office at Stony Brook University east of New York City, the former director of the Iraq National Museum in Baghdad has hung a maxim of Martin…

By Rayyan al-Shawaf Last month, a Chaldean priest, Ragheed Ganni, and three sub-deacons were murdered by Islamist terrorists in Mosul, Iraq. Before being executed, they were informed that they would be…

GENESEE COUNTY, THE FLINT JOURNAL FIRST EDITION Friday, July 20, 2007 By Christopher R. Young About a dozen artists are featured in the “Chaldean American Fine Arts Exhibition” at the Greater Flint Arts Council. Aside from their shared Chaldean ancestry, there is little else to unify…

By Deborah Gyapong /Canadian Catholic News OTTAWA (CCN) — Two Vatican diplomatic appointments involving Canada could play a role in raising awareness of the plight of persecuted Christians…

The tragedy of Iraqi Christians goes on… death threats, torture, displacement, abductions, assassinations, slaughtering, violations, confiscations, cutting off people’s livings, takfir, cursing and insulting, charging them with treason and spying,…

We are pleased to invite you to attend a very informative and important Seminar regarding the plans of the Chaldean-Syriac-Assyrian people who wish to found an Autonomous region in order to…

A young man have been killed in Baghdeda in 17/7/2007 at 8.30 pm, the town is located at Nineve in the north of Iraq. Fadi Nizar Habash was standing on the Alhizam around baghdeda where he was shot.…

BROOKHAVEN, NY, USA — In his little office at Stony Brook University east of New York City, the former director of the Iraq National Museum in Baghdad has hung a maxim of Martin…

By Rod Nordland July 23, 2007 issue – He refused to leave Baghdad, even after the day last year when masked Sunni gunmen forced him and eight co-workers to line up against a wall and said, “Say your…