Monthly Archives: March 2016

Iraqi Christians, who fled the violence in the northern city of Mosul after Islamic State (IS) group militants took control of the area, attend a weekly prayer at the Ashti camp in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on March 4, 2016. SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty…

In a region increasingly defined by religious division and war, some of the oldest Christian communities in the world are brutally exposed Christians who fled violence in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul attend a mass in Irbil, capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq. ‘More than a decade of war has seen…

ACN delegation will visit Erbil – with a letter and gifts from the Pope Posted by ACN News on By Marta Petrosillo From 1st to 4th April this year a delegation from the Italian office of the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) will visit the city of Erbil, the capital of…

Shianee Mamanglu-Regala (kpbs.org) Iraqi Christian leader Mark Arabo says the U.S. State Department declaration of Christian genocide in Iraq and Syria is ‘a defining moment in American history.’ The U.S. State Department’s declaration that Christian persecution by the Islamic State…

By Crux Staff ROME — Pope Francis on Wednesday found two ways of expressing his concern for the victims of terrorism, condemning the Brussels attacks and sending both personal and financial support to Iraqi Christians menaced by ISIS. “I once again appeal to all people of good will to unite in the unanimous condemnation…

florence-taylor Florence Taylor Junior Staff Writer 2 The head of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Iraq has called for Christians, Muslims and Yazidis to unite against the ISIS. Reuters Women and children from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi town…

Giles Fraser Christians are being butchered by Isis, yet the church’s leaders are encouraging congregations to stay. But is preserving Christian history in the Middle East more important than personal safety? An Iraqi Christian woman fleeing the violence in Mosul sits inside the Sacred Heart of Jesus Chaldean Church in Telkaif in the province of…

BY DAVID SOLWAY There is a troubling hint of something very un-American about the American president. I am not alluding to the birther controversy but rather to something in the president’s character, attitudes, personal aura, and worldview. He could just as well have been born in Podunk or Dogpatch and yet an un-American flavor would…

Syria bombings (Photo : Foreign and Commonwealth Office/Flickr/CC) Street in Aleppo lying in ruins after year of civil war. About a million Christians have fled Syria since the civil war started, Chaldean Catholic bishop Antoine Audo said last week, which amounts to 66 percent of the total…

The World Today By Mohammed Taha and Michael Edwards Sana Hodi’s sister Ashwaq Khalil and mother Margaret Boutros Photo: Ashwaq Khalil and Margaret Boutros are in Jordan waiting for their applications to be processed. (ABC News: Mohamed Taha)…

The Assyrian Australian National Federation (AANF) together with The Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA), will be hosting this year’s Assyrian New Year Festival on Sunday, 3rd April 2016, at Fairfield Showground. The Festival will start at 10:00 am and finish at 10:00 pm.…

Chad Selweski Dumb pictures. Great captions. A documentary film detailing the horrors endured by Iraqi Christians at the hands of ISIS extremists debuts tonight in suburban Detroit and then will be shown in the coming weeks in New York City, San Diego and Chicago. Vanessa Denha-Garmo and two other Iraqi Christian Chaldeans from the Detroit…

Churches in Iraq are not like churches in Luxembourg, however. Most of them are surrounded by concrete walls to stop armed attacks By Hind Al Harby Christians celebrate Easter in Iraq as they have done ever year, in spite of the 2003 war.…

Nadia Murad, 22, is a Yazidi woman from Iraq whose mother and five brothers were slain by Islamic State militants. Murad, who was held captive by the militants, is speaking out about the cruelty and violence faced by Yazidis in Iraq. (Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post) By Michelle Boorstein March 22 at 11:30 PM…

Once again, the American Middle East/Michigan-based Christian community in general, and the Iraqi Christian community in particular, has failed in our opinion to come with a unified, well-studied conversation, confrontation, and demand for action when they met on March 19, 2016 with Mr. Knox Thames, the U.S. State Department’s special adviser…

Vanessa Denha Garmo and radio host and journalist Al Zara join us on The Nine to tell us more about the documentary. (WJBK) – As the fight against the Islamic State group in the middle east and around the world continues, United States Secretary of State John Kerry determined that the…

BY LUCY WESTCOTT ON 3/19/16 AT 11:56 AM As Nadia Murad, a 22-year-old Yazidi woman, addressed the United Nations on Wednesday, the silver nameplate around her neck caught the light. Spelled out in Arabic was the name of Murad’s hometown, Kocho, from which she was kidnapped by Islamic State (ISIS) militants. After surviving three months in captivity, she has since become the public…

Written by Reuters, Islamic State executing Iraqi soldiers.Islamic State has committed genocide against Christians, Yazidis and Shi’ite Muslims, the United States said on Thursday, a finding U.S. officials hope will bring more resources to help the groups even though it does not change U.S. military strategy or legal obligations.…

Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press State Department official who advises on religious freedom visits metro Detroit to hear concerns from Iraqi-Americans about the plight of minorities in Iraq. (Photo: Niraj Warikoo Detroit Free Press) Iraqi-Americans told a State Department official visiting metro Detroit on Friday that the…

By John Pontifex LORD David Alton of Liverpool has called on the British Government to act without delay and follow the US by declaring Daesh (ISIS) atrocities a genocide against faith minorities. The Crossbench member of the British House of Lords and trustee of Catholic charity…