Monthly Archives: December 2007

Christians in Basra told not to celebrate

By LEILA FADEL AND ALI AL-BASRI / McClatchy Newspapers The Christian archbishop of Basra on Tuesday canceled the celebration of Christmas in that southern city to protest the deaths of a brother and sister, both Christians, as bombings and mayhem struck at cities throughout Iraq.…

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Migration from southeast starts again

A group of Christians who were forced to leave their homes in Beytüşşebap, Şırnak, near the border with Iraq, in 1988 due to an escalation in acts of terrorism have once again decided to abandon their homes and move to Belgium.…

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Christians in Iraq: More Than Survivors

By Heather Sells / CBN News CBNNews.com – The war in Iraq had a devastating impact on Christians there. Saddam Husseins’s regime held Islamic radicals at bay, and since his fall, Chrsitians have been under attack by those extremists.…

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