Monthly Archives: November 2015

Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako A protest against the law on the Islamization of minors, held yesterday, Tuesday, November 10, in Baghdad at the Chaldean Church of Saint George, saw the massive participation of Christians and members of other Iraqi religious non-Muslim communities. The protest was convened by Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako .…

Christians and Muslims fight to protect ancient Christian town against ISIS carey-lodge Carey Lodge Christian Today Journalist An estimated 13,000 people have fled Sadad as ISIS draws close. As ISIS advances on Sadad, a strategic Syrian town near Homs, hundreds of Christian and Muslim fighters are battling to defend it.…

Posted by ACN News ACN News: Wednesday, 11th November 2015 – IRAQ New Iraq law to force Christian children to embrace Islam By John Newton IRAQ’S beleaguered Christian community is opposing a new law forcing children from…

By John Newton IRAQ’S beleaguered Christian community is opposing a new law forcing children from minority faiths to become Muslims if their father converts to Islam or their mother marries a Muslim. In a statement sent to Aid to the Church in Need, Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael I…

Under new legislation, children in Iraq will be automatically registered as Muslim when they are born. Chaldean Patriarch Raphael I Louis has called for a demonstration to protest against the law which is being described as ‘the Islamization of minors’. Campaigners will gather on Tuesday, November 10, in front of the Chaldean Church of…

By Komfie Manalo (news@gospelherald.com) Thousands of Christians in the Syrian Christian town of Sadad began their exodus away from their hometown as ISIS/ISIL terrorist continue their offensive, reported Catholic Herald. Archbishop Selwanos Boutros Alnemeh, the archbishop of the Syrian Orthodox Church in Homs told the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that…

Christian militia fighters know that hopes for the future of their community – chased out by the Islamic State – are slim. But they will tell their children, ‘We fought.’ By Kristen Chick, Correspondent November 9, 2015 Baqufa, Iraq — On the outside, the house is fortified with sandbags and machine guns.…

by Fady Noun Head of the Syriac Church speaks of urgent need to protect Christian-Muslim solidarity and elect a new Lebanese president. The Assyrian Christians in Sadad (Syria) threatened by the advance of the Islamic state. Appeals for two orthodox bishops, abducted 18 months ago. Two steles erected in memory of the 1915 genocide, which…

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) – A Sterling Heights-based foundation that helps Middle East immigrants and refugees learn English, find jobs, become citizens and access health care in the Detroit area is expanding its services by building a new community center. The Detroit News reports ( http://detne.ws/1Q1TzYU ) that the Chaldean Community…

Damascus – The Islamic State group has released 37 Assyrian Christians from the towns of Tal Shiram and Tal Jazira, according to a monitoring group. The Assyrian Human Rights Network, which has been monitoring the negotiations since the 215 civilians were abducted by ISIS in February, said on Saturday that 37 Assyrians…

By Aaron James It’s been reported that the Assyrian Church of the East has secured the release of 37 hostages held by Islamic State. The Church is believed to have paid up to £33,000 for each hostage, however this has…

PanARMENIAN.Net – Islamic State has released 37 elderly Assyrian Christians who were among about 200 seized by the militants in February in northeastern Syria, two human rights monitoring groups said on Saturday, November 7, according to Reuters. Elders from Arab tribes had mediated with the jihadists for their release, the Britain-…

Refugees seeking ‘new place to live in peace’ Meet the Priest Who Cares For Hundreds of Christian Refugees Fleeing ISIS By Charlotte Florance Reprinted with permission of The Daily Signal AMMAN, JORDAN—In the small town of Marka, Jordan, about 20 minutes from…

By Marcy Kreiter @marcykreiter m.kreiter@ibtimes.com The Islamic State group Saturday freed 37 Assyrian Christians who were among the 220 hostages it captured in February. Above, relatives of Lebanese soldiers being held captive in Syria by Islamic extremists stage a sit-in outside Lebanon’s governmental…

Illustration on ISIS persecution of Christians in Iraq by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times more > By Elise Harris and Kevin Jones – Catholic News Agency – Friday, November 6, 2015 Rome, Italy – War in Iraq and Syria have taken a heavy toll on the Chaldean Christians of the Middle East. Now Chaldean bishops like…

Throughout its political history, monarchy (1932) and republic (1958), Iraq has been known to be among the most notorious countries in the Middle-East, where the most current government officials bring ridicule to to rid themselves of their predecessors, mainly in an attempt to erase any tracks that may lead to questioning their…

By: Aziz Emmanuel Zebari Ankawa, Erbil Hundreds of members of non-Muslim communities gathered Wednesday 4/11/2015 before the UN mission in Erbil, the capital of Kurdistan Region (KR), Iraq protesting against a law recently passed by the National Assembly of Iraq on the National Card. Article 26 para 2 of the law reads ” underage children…

By Elise Harris and Kevin Jones, CNA/EWTN News Wars in Iraq and Syria have taken a heavy toll on the Chaldean Christians of the Middle East. Now Chaldean bishops like Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, Iraq are asking what they can do to help Christian refugees survive and preserve their faith in times of trouble.…

Sargon Lazar Slewa, a Christian who served in former premier Nuri al-Maliki’s government, has been sentenced to two years in prison for corruption. (Photo courtesy: Facebook) A former Iraqi environment minister has been sentenced to two years in prison for corruption and ordered to pay some $280,000 to the state, the judiciary said Thursday.…

Rome, Italy, Nov 5, 2015 / 06:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- War in Iraq and Syria have taken a heavy toll on the Chaldean Christians of the Middle East. Now Chaldean bishops like Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, Iraq are asking what they can do to help Christian refugees survive and preserve their faith in times…