Monthly Archives: February 2016

By Kathryn Jean Lopez Christian refugees from Mosul attend mass in Arbil, November 2015. ( Safin Hamed/AFP/Getty) ‘Our identity is to live like Jesus Christ.” For the Christians of Mosul, Jesus Christ isn’t a benevolent teacher whose words help…

Evidences emerge of Iraqi president cutting down Iranian commander Sulaimani to size Al Abadi with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran in October 2014. Al Abadi has carefully steered the country away from Iran. Baghdad: As fighting in Iraq raged last summer, Iranian Major-General Qasem…

By bassem mroue, associated press The Islamic State group has collected millions of dollars in ransom for a group of Assyrian Christians it kidnapped in Syria a year ago, Christian officials and an opposition group said Monday, as the last of the 230 hostages were freed.…

BEIRUT – The Islamic State group on Monday released the last of some 230 Assyrian Christians kidnapped a year ago in Syria after the receiving millions of dollars in ransom, Christian officials said. Younan Talia, of the Assyrian Democratic Organization, told The Associated Press that…

By Aaron James A Christian advocacy charity has said that refugee believers are still experiencing “totally unacceptable” persecution for their faith in Europe, despite their efforts to escape victimisation in their own countries. According to the Sunday Express, Open Doors France has said Iraqi Muslims have…

Peace Is Our Calling February 29, 2016 Issue Maryann Cusimano Love Catholics on the front lines of religious freedom advocacy DELIVER US FROM EVIL. Displaced Iraqi Christians at a camp in Irbil, Iraq, on Sept. 6. Sister Maria Hanna, prioress of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena in Iraq,…

A language is a tool that connects people together. Each nation has its own language that they inherited from their ancestors. Our language is one of the most beautiful languages. Our ancestors kept this language for many years to deliver to us today. Today, after losing our land, and being very few in number in…

THOUSANDS of Christian refugees fleeing the Middle East are being targeted by radical Muslims when they reach Europe. By Marco Giannangeli Refugees in Iraq outside ChurchGETTY Christian refugees fleeing the Middle East are being targeted by radical Muslims in Europe…

West Bloomfield, Michigan – Author Dr Salma Ajo is proud to announce the release of her new book, Melodies Under the Palms (published by Author House). Motivated by a Two major issues motivated me to write this book. I felt overwhelmed with some speakers, politicians and journalists who introduce themselves as specialists in the…

Dear Madam/Sir, Enclosed you will find a statement of the Syriac-Assyrian Christians of northern Syria. In this statement we declare that we will defend ourselves with our armed forces if Turkey invades the Democratic Self-Administration in northern Syria. ?Together ?with our Kurdish and Arab neighbours we will resist with all our force against a Turkish…

DELIVER US FROM EVIL. Displaced Iraqi Christians at a camp in Irbil, Iraq, on Sept. 6. Sister Maria Hanna, prioress of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena in Iraq, had a decision to make. The Islamic State’s killing campaign across the Nineveh Plain threatened the primarily Christian community of Qaraqosh outside of Mosul,…

By John Newton “Just the other day a student, a little boy of about 13 years old asked me ‘Why do I have to study? I am going to die’” – Bishop Abou Khazen JIHADISTS may be to blame for cutting off essential water and electricity supplies in Aleppo, according to a bishop in the…

Bob Eschliman President Obama President Obama received a letter this week from more than 100 organizations, asking that his administration declare atrocities committed by ISIS as genocide. (Reuters photo) President Obama has been sent a letter from more than 100 groups, organizations and…

Ruth Fra?ková Another group of Christian refugees from Iraq is set to arrive at Prague’s Václav Havel Airport on Friday. The families are part of a larger group whose relocation has been initiated and financed by the foundation Generace 21. This time, however, the refugees’ arrival has caused a wave of protests. Inhabitants of a…

Contact: Chelsen Vicari, Institute on Religion and Democracy, 540-239-2170 cell, cvicari@theird.org WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, 2016 /Christian Newswire/ — Christians, Yazidis, and other religious minorities in Syria and Iraq are targeted for death, sexual slavery, displacement, cultural eradication and forced conversion by ISIS. This urgent foreign crisis has received little attention from Republican and Democrat presidential…

by Anugrah Kumar | 18 February, 2016 REUTERS/RODI SAID Displaced residents from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing violence from Islamic State forces in Sinjar town, walk towards the Syrian border, on the outskirts of Sinjar mountain, near the Syrian border with Iraq, August 11, 2014.…

By Joseph Williams yesterday In the past week, the ACLJ has continued to fight for persecuted Christians around the world through our multi-faceted legal strategy. Through our European affiliate – the European Centre for Law & Justice (ECLJ) – we filed on behalf of our persecuted brothers and sisters in Christ at the European Court…

Bishop Yohanno Petros Mouche In July 2014, when Mosul was captured by the terror group Daesh (ISIS), Christians living in the area were called either to convert to Islam, pay a protection tax or to leave the city. Otherwise they were risking their lives. Consequently thousands of Christians fled their homes and villages, relinquishing their…

By Nina Shea — February 16, 2016 Islamist extremists are waging a religious persecution so severe that, as Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill stated in their historic joint statement last week, “whole families, villages and cities of our brothers and sisters in Christ are being completely exterminated.” Nowhere does this obtain more than in Iraq…

The vice president of the European Parliament Mr Ryszard Czarnecki discussed with Mr Ziyad Raoof actions in favor of the Kurds and Kurdistan This week Ziyad Raoof, the KRG Representative to Poland met with high-level delegation of Polish politicians: Ryszard Czarnecki- the vice-president of the European Parliement, professor Karol Karski- Member of the European Parliement,…