Monthly Archives: November 2016

By Anugrah Kumar , Christian Post Contributor (Photo: REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah)Iraqi priests hold the first Sunday mass at the Grand Immaculate Church since it was recaptured from Islamic State in Qaraqosh, near Mosul, Iraq, October 30, 2016. Christians are gradually returning to their homes in the Christian town of Keramlis on…

By AFP credits/photos : Safin Hamed (AFP/File) Archbishop Yohanna Petros Mouche of Mosul prays at the St. George Syriac Catholic Church in the Christian Iraqi town of Bartella, east of Mosul on October 30, 2016 ‘The whole time I prayed for my people, and also for these Daesh members, that God may open their hearts’…

Kurdish and Iraqi forces are still fighting to break the Islamic State’s iron grip on Mosul. Meanwhile, thousands of refugees are fleeing from certain death just miles away from the ISIS stronghold and Iraq’s Christians are asking God to restore their land. CBN News Military Correspondent Chuck Holton described the scene on the front lines…

Robin Darling Young Christian children prayed during Mass at the St. Joseph Cathedral in Ankawa, Erbil, in northern Iraq last December. The Christians were expelled from their homes in August 2014 when the Islamic State group militants attacked their villages in the Nineveh Province. (Credit: AP Photo/Bram Janssen.)…

CBN News muslimwomanburkaas British Sharia courts are now under scrutiny after being accused of discriminating against women. Up to 90 percent of the Sharia courts handle divorce cases, resolving family conflicts within the Muslim community.…

avatar by Lela Gilbert Kawargosak camp in Erbil, Iraq. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Anmarrfaat. It is painful to recall the events of late summer 2014, when the Islamic State killed or expelled thousands of Christians from their historic homeland Iraq’s Nineveh Plains. Most of them fled to Erbil, Kurdistan.…

On my behalf as President of the American Middle East Christians Congress, its Executive Council, membership at large, and on behalf of the Middle East Christian community, I would like to congratulate you on your election. We hope that under your leadership, there will be liberation, stabilization, and return of…

Dalshad Abdullah, Asharq Al Awsat Destroyed Hamadaniya City (Asharq Al-Awsat) Hamadaniya and London – Peshmerga Forces liberated on Wednesday the Bashiqa strategic town from ISIS control, but warned civilians of a hasty return to the town given that houses and roads might be booby-trapped.…

Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako Leader of the Chaldean Christian community in Iraq, Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako, has visited six newly liberated Christian towns of the Nineveh Plain. During the visit to the towns of Bartella, Karmles, Qaraqosh, Teskof, Baqofa and Btnaya, the Patriarch met with and thanked soldiers “who restored the crosses on…

El Cajon CouncilEl Cajon redistrictingBob McClellanSteve GobleStar BalesBen Kalasho By Miriam Raftery November 9, 2016 (El Cajon) – With 43.6% of precincts counted, a 10-candidate race for El Cajon City Council is still too close to call. There are three seats up—and currently, two challengers have edged ahead of incumbent Star Bales.…

By Leah Marieann Klett (news@gospelherald.com) A Syrian Christian from the war-torn region of Aleppo has shared how despite the mass exodus of believers from the region, churches are far from empty, as church pews are filled with former Muslims eager for the Good News of Jesus Christ.…

By Brandon Showalter , CP Reporter image: http://d.christianpost.com/full/83094/590-394/img.jpg (Photo: Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah)A displaced Iraqi child, who fled from Islamic State violence in Mosul, sits with her family outside their tent at Baherka refugee camp in Erbil, September 14, 2014.…

World Watch Monitor Reuters Displaced Assyrians, who fled from the villages around Tel Tamr, gather outside an Assyrian Church in al-Hasaka city. A Syrian Christian now living in the UK is helping to bring hope for the future to his native land as part of a worldwide advocacy campaign.…

By Leah Marieann Klett (news@gospelherald.com) A church leader working at a refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan has shared how he strives to spread hope among the displaced Christian community, many of whom are traumatized by their experiences in their home country.…

A Syrian priest serving Arabic-speaking Christians in Sweden on the unique challenges faced by that community Deborah Castellano Lubov A refugee woman walks through the caravan park in Frankfurt, Germany, Feb. 12. (CNS photo/Alexander Heinl, EPA)…

‘I kept telling myself, my people are in danger, they need me’ President-elect Donald Trump waves as he arrives at his election night rally, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/John Locher) Ako Abdulrahman saved 70 Iraqis in Kirkuk when ISIS snipers attacked Oct. 21. The…

via SyndiGate.info Mass graves have previously been found in a number of areas recaptured from Daesh, including the Sinjar district where the group massacred members of the Yezidi religious minority. (AFP/File) A mass grave of 100 headless bodies has been found south of Mosul in a town that was recently recaptured from Daesh, the Iraqi…

By Murcadha O Flaherty UP to 1,500 people fleeing violence and persecution in Syria are to receive emergency help – with many also gaining vocational training – thanks to fresh funding from a leading Catholic charity.…

Jardine Malado (REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah)An Iraqi Christian soldier attends the first Sunday mass at the Grand Immaculate Church since it was recaptured from Islamic State in Qaraqosh, near Mosul in Iraq. Desperate ISIS fighters have planted bombs and vandalized churches in Christian villages as they continue to lose territories in Iraq.…

Thousands of Syriac Catholics fled for their lives when Isis took Qaraqosh in 2014. The jihadi group has now fled the town, but returning locals still fear for what lies ahead Patrick Cockburn Qaraqosh Iraqi priests hold Sunday mass at a church in Qaraqosh last month, after the town was recaptured from Isis Reuters…