Monthly Archives: July 2007

By Thomas Grove ISTANBUL, July 17 (Reuters) – Every Sunday the basement chapel of one of Istanbul’s largest churches echoes to the sound of slow chanting in Aramaic, the ancient language spoken by Jesus.…

By Ammar Imad The Antiquities Department has included an ancient synagogue where Biblical prophet Nahum is purportedly buried in its 2008 renovation plans. “The Antiquities Department has added the tomb of Prophet…

AMSTERDAM/BAGHDAD/DAMASCUS (BosNewsLife)– Militants have crucified Christians in Iraq, including converts from Islam and people involved in “mixed marriages,” a senior Dutch parliamentarian has established.…

Several hundred Iraqi Christians have rallied in Auckland to try to highlight the persecution they suffer in their homeland. The Chaldean Catholic community held a…

With great pain people in Baghdeda town have received news about the murder of Mr. Matti Polis Moma who was killed by another criminal group claiming the Al-Jihad as an excuse for…

  Mrs. Amera Abdi Al-maseh Hurmez who was born in 1970 in Telsqof Town, wife of Mr. Jalal Shaeeya Marogi had an appointment with destiny which took her away from continuing her dream of growing and caring…

Sydney – 13 July, 2007. Mr. Hermiz Shahen, the Secretary of the Assyrian Universal Alliance in Australia received an invitation from Reverend the Hon. Fred Nile MLC to participate as a key…

Iraq’s minorities are suffering a persecution at times verging on genocide, a campaigning Iraqi MP has told the BBC News website.…

On July 12 the Assyrians of Russia (150 in number) held a protest action with a demand to defend Christians of Iraq – Assyrians, Chaldeans, Syrians and Armenians – from a bloody genocide and…

Four Chaldean Christians kidnapped a week ago are now free. The four hostages, all related to each other, were abducted July 4 about 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of Kirkuk, after…

BAGHDAD, Iraq, JULY 9, 2007 (Zenit.org).- In spite of persecution, ordinations and first Holy Communions bring signs of hope for the Christian community.…

Rome, Jul 10, 2007 / 10:59 am (CNA).- Speaking to the Italian news agency SIR, Archbishop Louis Sako of Kirkuk (Iraq) said this week the situation of the persecution of Christians in Iraq requires that “changes be made to religious education in…

By Agence France Presse (AFP) BAGHDAD: “For the sake of our country, that life may return to Iraq and all its sons enjoy safety, peace and stability, amen.” With this nervous prayer of hope, 59 Iraqi boys and girls became full…

U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker confirmed yesterday that two of his staff members had been kidnapped and murdered. The two were an elderly couple, both Christian Iraqis. The man was…

By Dan Wooding/dimanche 8 juillet 2007, par Journalchretien.net Caldwell quoted a letter sent to British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Queen Elizabeth II, which said, “Iraqi Christians have…

We, on behalf of the representatives of Christian members of the Eastern churches in Denmark, do strongly condemn the actions of threat, kidnapping, killing of innocent individuals and terrorizing of our brothers and sisters in Iraq, besides…

“For the sake of our country, that life may return to Iraq and all its sons enjoy safety, peace and stability, amen.” With this nervous prayer of hope, 59 Iraqi…

A majestic portfolio of thoughts from Iraqi poet Paul Batou, this volume stands as a gathering of Batou’s poems, essays, and reflections, each capturing an unforgettable…

By Christopher Howse / Telegraph  Among the two million displaced people within Iraq are tens of thousands of Christians. Over the past three and half years, some 44 per cent of Iraqi refugees in Syria have been…

STOCKHOLM, July 6 (Reuters) – Sweden, which hosts more Iraqi refugees than any other country in Europe, has ruled that…