Monthly Archives: July 2017

Ezra LevantRebel Commander Ezra Levant I’m going to Northern Iraq to see the Christian refugees, ancient Christians, called Chaldean Christians, who still pray in Aramaic, the language of Jesus. I’m going to visit them in their refugee camps. The Chaldean Christians are fleeing ISIS…

By Eno Adeogun A Christian charity has warned the future of Iraqi Christians remains uncertain despite the Iraqi government saying the city of Mosul has been liberated from so-called Islamic State (IS). More than 100,000 Christians were driven from their homes in and around Iraq’s second…

SINJAR — An Ezidi girl kidnapped in 2014 by Islamic State (ISIS) militants in Sinjar was rescued and will reunite with her family on Sunday (July 9). The 22-year-old Ezidi girl who has been identified as Najma Saeed Ismael was freed from captivity by Iraqi forces in the war-torn city of Mosul, an Ezidi representative…

FSA leader inside a church in Maloula, Syria – Niclas Hammarstr?m/Kontinent/ZUMA Christian Assyrians have been targeted repeatedly through history — and found themselves under attack again by ISIS forces in Syria. Joseph Yacoub and Thierry Oberlé LE FIGARO…

By Larry O’Connor, The Detroit News(Photo: Robin Buckson, The Detroit News) Justin Meram, the Chaldean-American professional soccer player, on Thursday performed the most patriotic act perhaps next to singing “Yankee Doodle Dandy” dressed as Uncle Sam. He threw out the first pitch at a Detroit Tigers game.…

Gallery: Hundreds protest against recent ICE raids of primarily Chaldean immigrants- June 16, 2017 By Dana Afana dafana@mlive.com Several Chaldean community and evangelical figures are urging the federal government…

By Allan Lengel allan@deadlinedetroit.com U.S. District Court Judge Mark Goldsmith U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith of Detroit on Thursday extended his order blocking the deportation of Iraqis who were rounded up last month in Metro Detroit and elsewhere in the country.…

By Jay Gotera , Christian Post Contributor The Christian population of Iraq might have diminished as a result of the campaign of genocide launched by the Islamic State (ISIS), which occupied parts of the country. Many Iraqi Christian residents abandoned their homes and sought sanctuary elsewhere…

By Derek Hawkins The arts-and-crafts retailer Hobby Lobby has agreed to pay a $3 million fine for illegally importing thousands of ancient clay artifacts smuggled into the United States from Iraq, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. In addition to the fine, Hobby Lobby will forfeit thousands of clay bullae, cuneiform…

Syriac Christian artist calls paintings of war ‘a cry for help’ Farid Georges, a Syriac Christian from Homs, Syria, poses for a photo in England June 23. His artwork depicting Syria’s six-year war is being shown in Catholic cathedrals of northwest England and Wales. (CNS photo/Simon Caldwell)…

Need for Christian Renaissance in Iraq Urgent Image: Need for Christian Renaissance in Iraq Urgent A Christian militiaman stands guard during Easter mass in Qaraqosh, Iraq, Sunday, April 16 2017. The town was gutted by Islamic State militants. Even under government control, residents did not return. (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)…

Nevine El-Aref , In a ceremony held at his ministry’s headquarters, Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany announced the discovery of a very important medical manuscript uncovered by the monks of St Catherine’s Monastery in South Sinai during restoration works carried out in the monastery’s library.…

Jardine Malado (Wikimedia Commons/Nevit Dilmen)Mor Gabriel Monastery in the town of Midyat in Mardin province, Turkey. The administration of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has taken control of at…

The head of the Chaldean Catholic Church, Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako, said that the Iraqi residents of the villages of the Nineveh Plain should decide the future of area as it is liberated from ISIS control. “Though we appreciate those who are not from the region or those who left the country…

“More autonomy for Iraqi Christians in the Nineveh Plain” is the final message of a joint document approved by seven Chaldean, Syriac and Assyrian parties of Iraq after a two-days conference at the European Parliament on the “Future of Christians in Iraq” organised by the Swedish centre-right MEP Lars Adaktusson and co-organized among…

FSA leader inside a church in Maloula, Syria – Niclas Hammarstr?m/Kontinent/ZUMA Christian Assyrians have been targeted repeatedly through history — and found themselves under attack again by ISIS forces in Syria. Joseph Yacoub and Thierry Oberlé…

By Samuel Smith , (Screengrab: Rudaw.net)Christians worship at the Church of St. Petrous and Pols in Ankawa, Iraq on June 29, 2017. Displaced Iraqi Christians who have been pushed from their homes due to the rise of the Islamic State and are now living in the Kurdish town of Ankawa will soon have one…

Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – The most painful issue that has hit the Iraqi Christian communities in recent years was their mass escape from Mosul and Nineveh Plain, when entire villages were evacuated one night before the advance of the Jihadist militia of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (Daesh), and many family groups “were encouraged by Western…

By Felix N. Codilla III , Reuters/Youssef BoudlalIraqi Christians, who fled the violence in the village of Qaraqosh, seek refuge inside a church building in Arbil, north of Baghdad, August 11, 2014. Iraqi Christian families sought sanctuary in the church after fleeing towns and villages to escape the advance of Islamic State militants.…

The end of ISIL could reignite ethnic and sectarian competition across the country. If Iraq’s prime minister doesn’t have an answer, there are others waiting in the wings who do The destroyed gate of the Al-Nuri Mosque in the Old City of Mosul, during the Iraqi government forces’ offensive to retake the city from ISIL…