Monthly Archives: December 2009

Urgent/ Unknown people assassinate young Christian man in Mosul   Ankawa.com – Mosul – Exclusive   Our sources in Mosul knew that unknown people assassinated the young man Zaid Najeeb Yousif, 39 years old, in Hay 17 Tamooz…

Christian officer for commanding the security forces that protecting the churches.  Mosul – Ankawa.com – Exclusive The president of the security committee in Nineveh Governorate Board, Abdalraheem Al-Shamary, said that the official authorities in the city assigned one of the Christian officers as a commander for the security forces used for protecting the churches and…

Churches in Iraq come under attack By John Pontifex SHOCK and fear have gripped the Church in Iraq after two explosions on the same day with the threat of more to come. The Al Beshara (Annunciation) Syrian Catholic Church in Mosul was the first to be…

Ankawa.com – Exclusive Two criminal and terrorist attacks on churches in Mosul renewed again. The attacks this time occurred at 10.45 am (Baghdad time) of the 15th December 2009 on two churches, Al-Beshara for Syriac Catholic located in Al-Thakafa quarter and Al-Tahera for Syriac Orthodox located in Al-Shefaa quarter of the city.…

Tension … young Assyrian protesters gather outside the Fairfield Council building while the decision on the memorial was being debated. At least 40 police stood by. Photo: Wolter Peeters MORE than 200 members of Sydney’s Turkish and Assyrian communities were…

 Tension … young Assyrian protesters gather outside the Fairfield Council building while the decision on the memorial was being debated. At least 40 police stood by. Photo: Wolter Peeters MORE than 200 members of Sydney’s Turkish and Assyrian communities were…

The Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA) – Australian Chapter is pleased to announce that despite strong objection by certain elements its application to erect a monument honouring the victims of the Assyrian Genocide was approved by the Fairfield City Council on 15 December 2009.…

Photos by Raouf Mohseni, Mehr News Agency Tehran’s Christians residents have embarked on their shopping for the holiday season. While Iran is officially designated the “Islamic Republic,” among its more than 66 million people is a small but important Christian minority. Most of Iran’s Christians…

Butt out Syrian men read the newspaper and smoke a traditional waterpipe at a cafe in Damascus Damascus – Even as Syria is opening up culturally and economically, it’s closing down in another area: smoking.…

By Golnaz Esfandiari Iran is officially designated the “Islamic Republic,” yet among its more than 66 million people is a small but important Christian minority. Most of Iran’s Christians are Armenians and Assyrians, who remain relatively free to follow their faith. The…

By Abeer Mohammed and Neil Arun/The Institute for War&Peace The well-dressed man stands at the entrance of a beauty salon, holding a struggling rooster upside down by its feet. Omar Farooq Jerjis, 28, who moved to this suburb of Erbil three years ago, is preparing to sacrifice the bird in order to ensure the success…

By: PR Newswire Conference Co-Sponsored by Hammurabi Human Rights Organization (HHRO) & Christian Solidarity International (CSI) BAGHDAD and WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — “Do Christians have a Future in Iraq?” Over 100 Iraqi Christian leaders convened…

I am pleased to announce that Gorgias is publishing a new Syriac-English dictionary in 1,738 pages. This is the largest dictionary ever compiled for almost a century. Lexicographer Michael Sokoloff produced this dictionary based on Carl Brockelmann’s dictionary, but added much more material.…

By NIRAJ WARIKOO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER t a forum featuring a senior State Department official, Iraqi-American Christians blasted the U.S. government for policies they said have devastated Iraq’s minorities.…

Detroit (WWJ) — A former top aide to ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is expected to plead guilty to bribery conspiracy charges this afternoon during a hearing in federal court. The U.S. Attorney’s office says Kandia Milton will appear before Judge Gerald E. Rosen at 3 p.m.…

Rome, Italy, Dec 10, 2009 / 01:05 pm (CNA).- Auxiliary Bishop Shlemon Warduni of Baghdad revealed yesterday that the offices of the Chaldean Patriarchate in the Iraqi capital were damaged by the terrorist attacks on Tuesday that left 127 dead and 500 wounded.…

BY BEN SCHMITT AND JOE SWICKARD FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS Former Detroit Deputy Mayor Kandia Milton is expected to plead guilty to a federal bribery conspiracy charge this afternoon, according to a spokeswoman from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.…

ZAKHO, Iraq, DEC. 9, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Christmas will come to hard-pressed Christians in Iraq from the hands of Chaldean nuns with Christmas food parcels. Aid to the Church in Need is helping the Chaldean sisters with this project for the third Christmas in a row. The nuns will soon bring a van full of cheese,…

by Samir Khalil Samir The Synod of the Churches in the Middle East called by the pope for October 2010, will seek to highlight their difficult external situation and many internal problems. The biggest plague is emigration, which erases the mission of Christians. If Christians disappear from the Middle East, it will also create problems…

The Chaldean Federation of America (CFA), in coordination with the Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce (CACC) and the Chaldean Assyrian Syriac Council of America (CASCA), is honored to host:…