Monthly Archives: June 2007

by Helani Mr. Ramzi Yaqub Elias Shamasha and Mr. Ismail Azira Naume Shamasha, were murdered on Wednesday, June 13, by terrorist groups who kidnapped them previous Monday.…

From Kamil Kunda, Melbourne Australia On the evening of Sunday (17/06/2007) a celebration of lives (for father Rahid and three deacons) was held at Ishtar reception in Melbourne and was attended by more than 200 people.…

ankawa.com After he was kidnapped for 11 days, father Hani Ablahad, who is the parish priest of God’s wisdom church in Slekh, was released by his kidnappers on Sunday 17th of June.  The…

Ankawa.com/ Bagdad Despite of promises from the Iraqi government to protect Christians in some suburbs of Baghdad, and stop the terrorist from scattering them everywhere, Christian persecution is still on rise.…

By Wolfgang Polzer Journalchretien.net  GOETTINGEN — While Iraq is constantly in world news reports the plight of Iraqi Christians goes mostly unnoticed. According to the Society for…

The delegates invited were Mr. Hermiz Shahen, Secretary of the Assyrian Universal Alliance – Australian Chapter, Mr. David M. David, Vice President of the Assyrian Australian National Federation and…

by suzan shani The White House is accepting comments supporting Christians persecuted in Iraq. Please call the United States White House comment line…

By Regina Linskey Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The number of Christians murdered in Iraq since 2003 skyrocketed compared to murders in 1995-2002, said a comprehensive report based on public accounts from Iraqi Christian sources.…

by Bashar M. Warda, CSsR* Ankawa (AsiaNews) – Growing violence, the climate of persecution felt across the whole of Iraq but especially among Christians, as well as the forced exodus of thousands of families have seriously compromised the Church’s pastoral mission which in…

ankawa.com  / Baghdeda On Friday morning the 15th of June, A road bomb exploded between the city of Mousel and the town of Baghdeda in North of Iraq. …

 His Holiness Patriarch Mar DINKHA IV, supreme leader of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East in the world received at his residence, Dr. Donny George, the former Director General of the Iraqi museums, …

Congratulations letter from Assyrian Universal Alliance AUA – Americas Chapter to Assyrian Canadian National Federation - ANCF.…

Kamil Kunda -Melborne Very tragic attacks took place lately against Iraqi Christians, who are known as indigenous people of Iraq (Mesopotamia).  The attacks which mainly took place in capital Baghdad and second biggest city in Iraq Mousel sparked a wave of condemnation and anger amongst whole community Muslims and Christians alike. …

ISTANBUL, June 13 – Iraqi church leaders continue to hope for the release of a priest kidnapped exactly one week ago, even as the number of threats against Christian families in the Iraqi capital tops 1,000, church sources said. Fr. Hani Abdel Ahad and four young men from his church were…

By Andrea Kirk Assaf  George W. Bush is used to taking center stage, regularly passing from meeting to meeting at a hectic pace to carry out an ambitious agenda. But after a flurry of intense meetings last week with the leaders of the world’s most powerful nations at the G8 meeting in Germany, which Bush…

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife) Iraqi Christians are mourning the deaths of a Catholic priest and his three assistants who were gunned down by Islamic militants over the weekend, shortly after another Christian couple working for the US embassy was reportedly killed, BosNewsLife established Tuesday, June 5.…

Baghdad, Jun. 7, 2007 (CWNews.com) – Islamic militants stormed one Catholic church, killing security guards, and vandalized another church in Baghdad, according to a Vatican Radio report.Several guards were reportedly killed in the assault on the parish church of St. John the Baptist in Baghdad on June 6. In a separate attack on the same…

Baghdad, Jun. 7, 2007 (CWNews.com) – Islamic militants stormed one Catholic church, killing security guards, and vandalized another church in Baghdad, according to a Vatican Radio report.Several guards were reportedly killed in the assault on the parish church of St. John the Baptist in Baghdad on June 6. In a separate attack on the same…

By HANNAH ALLAM and LEILA FADEL McClatchy Newspapers McCLATCHY-TRIBUNE/HANNAH ALLAM Madeline Shukr Yusuf, a 74-year-old Iraqi Christian, grabbed her rosary and prayer book before fleeing Baghdad several days ago. She now lives with other Christian refugees in the Syrian capital, Damascus.…

Pope asks Bush about plight of Iraqi Christians Jun 10, 2007 04:30 AM ROME–U.S. President George W. Bush says he and Pope Benedict XVI discussed the plight of Iraq’s minority Christians in private talks yesterday.The Pope “did express deep concern about the Christians inside Iraq,” Bush told reporters after his private audience with the pontiff.“I…