By Albert Michael Baghdad – AINA — Award winning filmmaker and investigative freelance journalist Nuri Kino (CV) traveled to Amman, the capital of Jordan, to meet with Christian Assyrians (also known as Chaldeans and Syriacs) families from Iraq. His mission was to penetrate deeper than the daily articles and …
Read More »Iraq’s Christians ‘Are Being Persecuted’
By: Nick Mackenzie Baghdad- religiousintelligence — Patriarch Emmanuel III (pictured), who leads the Chaldean Church, has accused the governing coalition in Baghdad of ignoring the plight of the country’s minority Christian population, many of whom have fled the country amid ongoing strife there. The Partiarch said that Christians were …
Read More »Egyptian Christians Decry Controversial Law
By Joseph Mayton CAIRO- Middle East Times — A decision by an Egyptian administrative court earlier last month has sent the Christian community into an uproar over what they have termed the continuation of religious intolerance by the government. The controversial new law states that Christians who convert to …
Read More »New Political Crisis Looms In Lebanon
By Sam F. Ghattas Libanon – AP — The head of Lebanon’s influential Maronite Catholic Church stepped in on Friday to try to head off what could be the next crisis to strike this conflict-torn country — the increasing likelihood that divided lawmakers will be unable to elect a …
Read More »U.S. Officials Say Germany Threat May Involve Kurds
By David Morgan and Kristin Roberts * WASHINGTON – Reuters — A threat warning issued by the United States in Germany last month could involve attack plans by an al Qaeda-affiliated group of Kurdish militants, officials said on Friday. U.S. and German authorities said, however, that there was no …
Read More »Bilim insanlarý iþbaþýnda
Yýldýrým Türker 07/05/2007 (6824 kiþi okudu) Ekranýmýza bolca profesör, bilim insaný dadandý. En muteber bulunan kimilerinin düþünce biçimleriyle tanýþtýkça hem Türkiye hem de bilim adýna kaygý duymamak mümkün deðil. Her fikirden insanýn aklýný baþýna toplayýp tarihçilere havale ettiði Ermeni katliamý konusuna kendini adamýþlýðýna daha önceki çalýþmalarýndan tanýk olduðumuz Türk Tarih …
Read More »Jordan Should Legally Recognize Displaced Iraqis As Refugees
Amman – AINA — Since the liberation of Iraq by the US, particularly after the bombing of the Shiite Golden mosque which ignited Shiite-Sunni violence, a steady flow of refugees has entered Jordan and Syria. It is estimated that there are 750,000 Iraqis in Jordan. A substantial percentage …
Read More »Rice: Syria Should Allow Creation of International Tribunal
US – Naharnet — U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday Syria “should allow” the creation of an international tribunal to try suspects in the 2005 murder of ex Lebanese Premier Rafik Hariri and related crimes. Syria should also close its Iraq border to foreign fighters and crack …
Read More »Armed Groups Target Christians In Baghdad
Baghdad – AKI — An armed Iraqi group has in recent days begun targeting Christians in the residential al-Doura neighbourhood of Baghdad, according to an interior ministry source quoted by the pan Arab daily al-Sharq al-Awsat. Information obtained during probes and the interrogation of various terror suspects arrested …
Read More »Iraq’s Christian Leaders Appeal for Protection From Islamists
Baghdad – AsiaNews — Religious leaders have taken up the Chaldean Patriarch’s appeal to save persecuted Christians in Iraq, asking for protection from the authorities and respect for human rights. However, while condemning the untenable situation, they have not lost hope that the “flames in which all Iraqis …
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