Monthly Archives: October 2015

PRESS RELEASE Meeting with Minister for Immigration 29 October 2015

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Sydney – 30 October 2015 On Thursday 29th October 2015, a meeting was organised upon request of the Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA) with The Hon Peter Dutton MP, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. The delegation included Mr Hermiz Shahen, the Deputy Secretary General of the AUA, Mr. David M. David, President of the Assyrian…

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Joe Kassab meet powerful US Law Enforcement officials to discuss the plight of Christians from Iraq and the Middle East

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As Chaldean American Joe Kassab, President and founder of ICAE Institute meet two powerful US Law Enforcement officials: The US Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) National Director Sarah Saldana and The US Attorney for Southeastern Michigan Barbara McQuade during a meeting at US Citizenship and Immigration Services offices (USCIS) in Detroit.…

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The Refugees Next Door: Christian Iraqis in Erbil

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Pierre Bienaime Giorgio Cafiero October 5th, 2015 In recent months, international attention has turned toward Europe’s place in the on-going refugee crises, which is now being described as the world’s worst since World War II. For Iraq’s Christians, a community nearly as old as the religion itself, exile from…

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Mosul journalists are dying amid resounding silence Documented biographies of 48 abducted journalists and 13 journalists executed by ISIS

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Since the group calling itself “the Islamic State” (or “Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham”, ISIS) took control of Mosul in June 2014, this Iraqi city turned into a death trap for journalists, especially after the jihadist militant group seized all local media, getting hold of the full lists of reporters’ names and addresses. Soon…

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First Persian book on three ancient languages’ grammar released

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IBNA – The Persian book ‘Introduction to Grammar and Dictionaries of Syriac, Aramaic and Assyrian Languages’, compiled by Sa’eed Hayati was released. First Persian book on three ancient languages’ grammar released In an interview with IBNA, the author of this work referred to the book as the first work…

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Kiwi pilgrims give Iraqi refugees a hand

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by PATRICIA BROOKS Bags of gifts and more than $NZ1000 were presented to a group of Iraqi refugees by Holy Land pilgrims from New Zealand when they visited a Melkite church in Amman, Jordan, last month. Fr Gerge Sharayha, the parish priest of St Elias Melkite Greek Catholic Church in…

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High-Risk Missionary Leads Team to ISIS Hotspot

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Victor Marx is an author, speaker, and international child advocate who works with troubled, abused, and trafficked youth all over the world. He’s also a former U.S. Marine and a trained martial arts seventh degree black belt. Marx takes teams of missionaries and aide workers on what he calls “high-risk…

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Iraqi refugees losing all hope of returning home

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Clare Creegan and Oliver Maksan Archbishop Warda More and more Christian refugees driven out of their towns and villages by terrorist militia Daesh (ISIS) are leaving Iraq – having lost all hope that they will be able to return home. Speaking to Aid to the Church in Need, Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar…

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Pope urges peace in Iraq; prays Christians no longer be forced to flee

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People displaced by violence sit outside St. Joseph Chaldean Catholic Church in Ankawa, Iraq, Aug. 14. A typical day for many Iraqi Christians encamped at Ankawa, near Irbil, would probably involve another round of struggle against desperation, frustration, anxiety, boredom and fear. (CNS photo/courtesyvAid to the Church in Need-USA)…

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The Latest: Czech Republic ready to accept Iraqi Christians

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BERLIN (AP) — The latest in the odyssey of hundreds of thousands of migrants crossing Europe in search of a new life. All times local. The Czech prime minister says his government is ready to agree to a proposal to take in 152 Christians who are currently in camps in the Iraqi city of Irbil.…

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Iraqi Christians have full support of Vatican, Pope assures Chaldean Synod

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Pope Francis has assured Iraqi Catholics of the “complete support and solidarity” of the Vatican as they face the violence of the Islamic State and the steady drain of emigration. Speaking to the members of the Chaldean Catholic Synod, the Pope acknowledged that the Church in Iraq has suffered “a great hemorrhage of faithful who…

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Pope urges ‘fresh start’ for Roma, Sinti communities

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By Ujunwa Ochulo Pope Francis Pope Francis called Monday for a fresh start for Roma and Sinti communities, telling traveller families from around the world they could break free of prejudice by not falling into crime. “I want your people to have a fresh start, a renewed narrative,” the pontiff told some…

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By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis called on the international community to find a way to bring peace to Iraq and the Middle East and prayed that Christians there would no longer be forced to flee their homes.…

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Another Synod of Bishops demands attention – especially from US Catholics

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John L. Allen Jr., associate editor, specializes in coverage of the Vatican. Full bio Christian children prayed during Mass at the St. Joseph Cathedral in Ankawa, Irbil, 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…

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Jihadists make U.N. camps hellish nightmare for Christians

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‘Muslim gangs come as refugees but they have their agendas’ The Syrian civil war has caused 3.5 million refugees, with more than 350,000 being targeted by the United Nations for resettlement outside the region. The United Nations refugee camps that will be sending 85,000 “displaced persons” to…

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