Half the refugees fleeing Iraq are Christian, dramatically reducing a presence that pre-dates Islam. Edward Stourton reports. By Edward Stourton Published: 9:00PM BST 03 Apr 2010 Fr Rayan Paulos Atto showed me an elaborately decorated bronze and glass case mounted on the wall near the altar of his airy …
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Tuma Palo Sydney – Sayfo Center ++ Ett slutgiltigt förslag om ett Seyfo-monument förväntas klubbas igenom nästa vecka, i Sydney i Australien. Det är AUA, Assyrian Universal Alliance, som ligger bakom initiativet och står även för omkostnaderna. Seyfo-monumentet kommer tillägnas minnet av offren för Seyfo-folkmordet under åren 1914-1918 och Simele-massakern …
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– De borde respektera vårt beslut och vår åsikt säger riksdagspolitikern Yilmaz Kerimo (S) som efter erkännandet av Seyfo tagit emot anonyma hot om bojkott av partiet. Socialdemokraternas beslut att erkänna Seyfo som folkmord är odemokratiskt. Det tycker Turkiska Ungdomsförbundets kanslichef Serpil Önal. – Politiker borde lämna det till historisk …
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The Swedish parliament is the first in the world to acknowledge the Turkish genocide on the Assyrian Nation. The historical decision was taken after a long debate in the parliament on Thursday on the 11th of March 2010. It was an extremely narrow win as 131 parliamentarians voted for …
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The Media Department at the Assyrian Democratic Organization – Europe Branch has recorded a series of topics of interest for our people at the current time: The emergence of the Assyrian Democratic Organization. ADO – Mtakasta in the European Diaspora. ADO – Mtakasta and the Assyrian question in Iraq. ADO …
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Iraq – AsiaNews – 2009-12-31 A deacon seriously hurt. A Christian killed before his house on Christmas Eve. The impotence of the government and avoidance of responsibilities. Nearly 2 thousand Christians killed in 6 years. Mosul – Attacks continue against Christians to push them to flee from Iraq. Yesterday afternoon …
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By LARA JAKES and BUSHRA JUHI Associated Press Writers Tuesday, december 29, 2009 BAGHDAD — Christmas is bumping into Shiite Islam’s most mournful ceremony this year, forcing Iraqi Christians to keep their celebrations under tighter wraps than usual. Midnight Mass will again be celebrated in daylight across Baghdad, and security …
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By John F. Cullinan Tuesday, December 29, 2009. Spare a thought — and perhaps also a prayer — for Iraq’s beleaguered Christians, who yesterday observed the somber Feast of the Holy Innocents. Perhaps nowhere else does this particular occasion cut closer to the bone: In Iraq, Christians mourn …
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Published: Dec. 28, 2009 BAGHDAD, Dec. 28 (UPI) — The Christian minority community in Iraq emerged from the Christmas holiday weekend largely unscathed amid a tense religious season. The major Christian religious holiday of Christmas coincided with a Shiite holiday that culminated Sunday with the Day of Ashura. Several …
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Friday, 25 December 2009 By Rob Walker BBC News, Baghdad At the church of the Virgin Mary in Baghdad, hymns sung in the ancient Aramaic language float through intricately carved wooden doors into a small courtyard outside. They mix with religious songs blasted from the loudspeakers of a mosque …
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