Monthly Archives: November 2008

Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis The recent news of continued massacres of Christian Aramaeans in Mosul was the reason for which I made a flashback in my memory, and thus checked what I had suggested in an article published in Buzzle in the first days of 2005, almost 4 years ago.…

Monday, November 24, 2008 University Park, Pa. — Since 2002, Penn State scholar Philip Jenkins has been describing in several books the changes and the faces of global Christianity for the 21st century, with membership growth and ecumenical power shifting to the Christians in Africa, Asia and Latin America. But his newest book, “The…

BAGHDAD, Iraq and WASHINGTON, Nov 24, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ — CSI Appeals to Obama and al-Maliki to Save Iraq’s Unarmed Minorities Today, Dr. John Eibner, Executive Director of Christian Solidarity International — USA, urged US President-elect Barack Obama and the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki to prevent the extinction of Iraq’s persecuted Christian community…

Small community has a long history in Iraq, but many wonder what the future can hold here after coming under a spate of violence recently By Gary Marx | Tribune correspondent 11:53 PM CST, November 23, 2008 MOSUL, Iraq — A month after thousands of Christians fled this northern Iraqi city in terror, many of…

By DENIS D. GRAY With Iraqi Christians a threatened and dwindling minority, U.S. forces are safeguarding a 1,400-year-old monastery _ Iraq’s most ancient _ for a time when peace, reconciliation and archaeological detective work can occur.…

BAGHDAD, Nov. 20 (UPI) — The Iraqi government has a “duty” to protect its Christian minority population, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told a visiting Italian delegation Thursday. Thousands of members of the Iraqi Christian minority in the northern provinces fled targeted violence from gunmen, notably in Mosul, in October. The United Nations…

BAGHDAD (AFP) -– Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini urged the Iraqi government to protect minorities, namely Christians who have suffered a wave of killings, during a surprise visit to Baghdad on Thursday.…

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: EU interior ministers will discuss the refugee plan next week Germany’s state interior ministers have given their backing to German interior minister Wolfgang Schaeuble’s plans to accept up to 2,500 Iraqi Christian refugees in the framework of a European Union agreement.…

– Clive Leviev-Sawyer Representatives of two European church groupings, in a meeting with a senior representative of the French presidency of the European Union, expressed concern about the rights of minorities around the world, especially where Christian minorities are persecuted, and discussed “the dramatic situation of Iraqi Christians whose extinction would signify a major injustice”.…

A US army patrol stops to talk to members of an Iraqi Christian family in Mosul AFP UNHCR said that some Christians were starting to return. Imad Hanna was among thousands of Iraqi Christians who fled Mosul last month after a wave of killings in the northern city. Now he is back because he cannot…

Posted By DENIS D. GRAY, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS With Iraqi Christians a threatened and dwindling minority, U. S. forces are safeguarding a 1,400- year-old monastery — Iraq’s most ancient — for a time when peace, reconciliation and archeological detective work can occur.…

Stalked Over 2 million Iraqis have fled to neighboring countries. Victims of organized militant groups, most are traumatized into never going back—but where do they go from here? | Mindy Belz Associated Press/Photo by Joachim Ladefoged/VII ALEPPO and DAMASCUS, Syria—Thousands of Iraqi Christians have found threats…

MOSUL, Iraq (AFP) — The ear-deafening blasts of car bombs targetting US or Iraqi security force patrols shatter the calm daily in Mosul, the northern city which military commanders say is the last urban bastion of Al-Qaeda in Iraq.…

BAGHDAD (AFP) — Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini urged the Iraqi government to protect minorities, namely Christians who have suffered a wave of killings, during a surprise visit to Baghdad on Thursday.…

ISTANBUL – Recent violence targeting an indigenous Catholic community in Iraq has led thousands to find refuge in Turkey, not even a generation after being uprooted by Ba’athists. Nearly 500 parents and children gather in Istanbul this week to sing and rejoice with a visiting church group from Texas…

Baghdad – Italy’s Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said on Thursday that his country is concerned about violence against Iraq’s minorities, especially Christians, during a surprise visit to Iraq.…

Community worries about continued threats despite stepped up security and financial aid. By Hisham Mohammed Ali in Sulaimaniyah (ICR No. 276, 20-Nov-08) Christians from Mosul are hesitant about returning home despite cash offerings and pledges of stronger security in and around the volatile northern city.…

Dear Colleagues, It is with great honor that I introduce the (Katalyst) Foundation for The Arts in a Holiday Benefit featuring art work from children of Iraq.…

Allie Martin – One ministry is supporting Christians living in and fleeing Mosul, Iraq. Recently, two Christian sisters were killed in Mosul by Islamic terrorists simply because they were Christians. The violent act comes as more than 200 displaced Christian families from Mosul started to return to their houses after more Iraqi troops were deployed…

By BRENDA GAZZAR Iraqis gather inside damaged St. Matthew Church in Baghdad following 2004 car bomb attack. Photo: AP Religious extremism is the biggest threat facing minorities in Iraq today and could ultimately see the war-torn country emptied of these populations, a former adviser to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.…