06/30/2008

For Iraqi Christians, Money Bought Survival

1c7b11821b2a03225020142728180e6b.jpgMOSUL, Iraq — As priests do everywhere, Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho, the leader of the Chaldean Catholics in this ancient city, gathered alms at Sunday Mass. But for years the money

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04/06/2008

Christian Priest Killed in Baghdad

cea688ea87b029bf53140f112dc508e9.jpgBAGHDAD (AP) — An Assyrian Orthodox priest was killed in a drive-by shooting Saturday in Baghdad, police and an assistant said, the latest attack against Iraq's Christian minority.

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03/02/2008

Three Christians killed in kidnapping of Mosul bishop buried in Karamles

The funerals were held this morning for the driver and two bodyguards. The same city also holds the tomb of Fr Ragheed, killed last year in the area where

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03/01/2008

Gunmen kidnap Iraqi Chaldean Catholic archbishop

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped the Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Mosul on Friday in the northern Iraqi city and killed his driver and two guards, police said

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01/09/2008

Blasts Rock Iraq Churches

2bda2862cd171498a754828620c62d86.jpgCWN - ISTANBUL, - Four Iraqi churches and three convents were damaged in coordinated bomb blasts Sunday morning, the day many Iraqi Christians celebrate either Epiphany or Christmas Eve according to some Eastern liturgical calendars. At least six

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12/12/2007

Iraqi Christian woman and brother found dead in city with rise in religious vigilante killings

ad3e8037ef42d11332836319f2cd731f.jpgBAGHDAD: The bodies of a Christian woman and her brother were found in a garbage dump, police and church officials said Tuesday in the southern city of Basra, where women have grown increasingly fearful of religious vigilantes blamed for the deaths of at least 40

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12/10/2007

Christian girl killed by gunmen in Mosul

0e984b2b795395b6c0a49abf8890ea02.jpgNinewa, Dec 9, (VOI) – Unidentified gunmen killed a Christian girl in the area of al-Nabi Younes (the prophet Jonah) in central Mosul on Sunday

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10/02/2007

Iraqi Christians forced to leave

78315871800e4de773968be15590d3d2.jpg(washingtontimes.com) Nabil Comanny and his family endured the dead bodies in the streets, the roaming kidnap gangs and the continuing...

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09/04/2007

FAITH UNDER FIRE; 36 church members disappear, 1 returns

1728205eedec32067363392a246c49ff.jpgThree dozen members of one Christian church in Iraq disappeared over the course of a week, and only one returned, according to a minister who is warning of the increase of persecution of Christians in

 

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07/27/2007

Sunni, Shiites unite to wage jihad on Iraqi non-Muslims

dce4b7e46cbe300c78c66753d318571c.jpg(washtimes.com) Iraq's outnumbered Christians and other religious minority groups are targets of a terror campaign and...

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07/12/2007

Iran: 21 women arrested in Ghazvin over Islamic dress codes police say

523df385a19f3c1d92f772f3e576b614.jpgTwenty one women have been arrested in the Iranian city of Ghazvin, 100 km north of Tehran, since 21 May and 3,264 reported to the authorities for failing to respect strict Islamic dress codes, police officials said Thursday.

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07/06/2007

Islamic Group Driving Christians Away From Mosul

a304bb1704794c0b9b6a7012ea1a970c.jpgA statement by an Islamic group that calls itself the Islamic Emirate of Mosul threatened to kidnap or

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06/28/2007

Two more Christians killed in an attack in Mosul

The victims are two Assyrian men from the National Union of Beth Nahrin. Persecution of Iraqi Christians continues in order to prevent them from taking part in the political process.

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06/12/2007

Jihad Etiquette: The Guidebook for Taking a Life

medium_Nick_Berg_Beheading.jpg(nytimes.com)  We were in a small house in Zarqa, Jordan, trying to interview two heavily bearded Islamic...

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06/09/2007

Baghdad Christians threatened with tax, eviction

medium_al_qaeda_iraq.jpg(sacbee.com)  An al Qaida-affiliated insurgent group is giving Christians in Baghdad a stark set of options...

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06/04/2007

Chaldean Catholic Priest and three deacons shot dead in Iraq

A Chaldean Catholic Priest Father Ragheed Ganni, 35, and three deacons, were shot dead last night in northern Iraq.
The murder took place right after Mass in front of the Holy Spirit Church in the Nur District of Mosul, where Father Ragheed Ganni was parish priest.

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05/09/2007

Christians fleeing Iraq after death threats

medium_iraqi_christians.jpg(telegraph.co.uk)  Iraq's Christian community is close to extinction as thousands are forced to...

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05/04/2007

Iraq: Christians face mounting threats, MP says

medium_1111.jpg(adnki.com)  Christians in Iraqi are facing a mounting number of threats forcing them into exile...

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04/20/2007

More on Muslims Forcing Christian Assyrians in Baghdad to Pay 'Protection Tax'

medium_IraqMinistry_md.5.jpgOn 3-18-2007 AINA reported that Muslims were forcing the Christian Assyrians in the Dora Neighborhood of Baghdad to Pay the jizya, the 'Protection Tax' demanded from Christians and Jews by

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04/01/2007

We must not let this ancient Church slide into oblivion

medium_IraqMinistry_md.3.jpgIraq’s Assyrian Christians face extinction four years after the toppling of Saddam, says Ed West

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03/28/2007

Two Chaldean Catholic nuns stabbed to death Kirkuk home

medium_bloodyCross.4.jpgBAGHDAD: Two elderly sisters, both Chaldean Catholic nuns, were stabbed to death in their home in Kirkuk

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03/20/2007

Muslims Forcing Christian Assyrians in Baghdad Neighborhood to Pay 'Protection Tax'

medium_IraqMinistry_md.2.jpgBaghdad (AINA) -- Muslims in the Dora neighborhood of Iraq are forcing Assyrians

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01/04/2007

Ministry in Iraq

medium_IraqMinistry_md.jpgCWNews.comIraq (MNN) -- Violence between Sunni and Shia Muslims in Iraq predictably rose in the days following Saddam Hussein's execution.

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12/30/2006

Iraq Christian Exodus

medium_IRAQ_150_x_100_.2.jpgThese Christian Iraqi children are able to sing in freedom--now that their families have fled the violence in Bagdad. One year ago, this village in northern Iraq did not exist. Now, sixty

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12/18/2006

Christmas in Mosul under threat of sharia

medium_IRAQ_-_CRISTIANI.jpgA campaign against “non-Muslim dress” is under way in the Iraqi city, targeting mainly women and Christians. Flyers dictate that women should wear a headscarf, that men and women cannot sit next to each other and that soap is forbidden, because “it did not exist in Muhammad’s time”. We report the misery of Christians and an appeal of Patriarch Delly for fasting and prayer

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12/06/2006

Christian leader in Mosul kidnapped and killed

medium_IRAQ_150_x_100_.jpgThe man was a leader of the local Presbyterian Church. There is still no news about a Chaldean priest who was kidnapped on Monday. Patriarch Delly has issued an appeal for his release.

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11/13/2006

IRAQ: TERRORISTS BLAST CHURCH

medium_20061110iq001.jpg (Compass Direct News)Unknown assailants bombed the entrance of a Catholic church in Mosul last week, destroying three sets of doors as well as windows in the church, monastery

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10/30/2006

14 Year Old Assyrian Boy Decapitated By Muslim Group

medium_handschar-emblems_1.jpg(AINA) -- According to the Assyrian website ankawa.com, a 14 year old Christian Assyrian boy, Ayad Tariq, from Baqouba, Iraq was decapitated at his work place on October 21.

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10/13/2006

Over 35,000 Christians have fled Iraq

medium_voatv_christians_church_11July03.jpg(jpost.com)  More than 35,000 Iraqi Christians have fled to Syria to escape the violence in their country, the leader of an Iraqi Christian group said Thursday.  Christians, who make up three percent of Iraq's 26 million people, are leaving because of individual...

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08/09/2006

Iran: "Widow of Allah" And Her Jihad Army Of 56,000 Suicide Martyrs

A woman journalist in Iran has boasted that she has managed to recruit 56,000 Iranians, one third of these being women, to act as suicide bombers, states AKI.

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03/23/2006

Jihad Doctor Murdered Dozens of Wounded Iraqi Soldiers...

When policemen, soldiers and officials in Kirkuk who were injured in insurgent attacks arrived in the emergency room of the hospital, they hoped their chances of surviving had gone up as doctors tended their wounds

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03/19/2006

Saddam's Philippines Terror Connection

SADDAM HUSSEIN'S REGIME PROVIDED FINANCIAL support to Abu Sayyaf, the al Qaeda-linked jihadist group founded by Osama bin Laden's brother-in-law in the Philippines in the late 1990s, according to documents captured in postwar Iraq

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02/04/2006

Iraqi Christians Fear More Attacks

CWNews.com– The car bombs that hit four Iraqi churches last week killed three people.

The bombs did little damage to property, but the greatest impact of these attacks is the dread that comes upon the Christian

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01/30/2006

Bombs Target Four Iraqi Churches; 3 Dead

Car bombs exploded in a synchronized spree of attacks outside at least four churches in Baghdad

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12/10/2005

No Contact From Activists' Kidnappers on Deadline Day

BAGHDAD, Iraq —  Kidnappers holding four Westerners made no contact with Iraqi authorities on Saturday, the day they had set as a deadline to kill the Christian peace activists unless U.S. and Iraqi authorities release all prisoners, the interior ministry said

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