News

   Baghdad- AsiaNews– Christians in Baghdad fear yet another priest has been kidnapped. Fr Doglas Yousef Al Bazy – 34 years, Chaldean — left his parish yesterday morning and has not yet returned home. The alarm was raised swiftly throughout Iraq and the diaspora via the Internet and SMS: the …

SAVE THE DATE?AND PARTICIPATE! On 12/4/2006? STAND FOR IRAQ?S ASSYRIANS, SAVE THE NINEVEH PLAINS WHO: Christians for Assyrians of Iraq (a non-partisan coalition of Assyrians and Faith-Based Leaders in the United States) WHAT: ?Stand for Iraq?s Assyrians, Save the Nineveh Plains? WHEN: Monday, December 4th, 2006 (12pm ? 2pm) WHERE: …

 Qamshly (Syrian)- ADO– From the dawn of history the presence of our indigenous ChaldoAssyrian people in his home country Iraq has continued uninterrupted. Since time immemorial they have laid the foundation for the world’s first civilizations in Sumar , Akkad , Assyria and Nineveh , the ancient monuments of which …

The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), a bipartisan, independent federal agency, has written to Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky to express concern about the dire situation of members of Iraqi religious minority groups that have fled their country, particularly ChaldoAssyrians and Sabean …

A Christian priest in Iraq was dismembered and beheaded by radical Islamists a few weeks ago as a reaction against Pope Benedict’s August comments about Islam. But Western church groups, more focused on denouncing the U.S. presence in Iraq than on criticizing radical Islam, have said virtually nothing about the …

Say half a million have fled their homes because of Muslim attacksPosted: November 11, 20061:00 a.m. Eastern ? 2006 WorldNetDaily.com The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent federal agency, has asked government officials to address the “dire situation” facing members of Iraqi religious minorities who have fled …

Devlet, Mardin’in Nusaybin il?esine ba?l? Xirab?baba k?y?nde ekim ay?nda bulunan toplu mezarla ilgili sessizli?ini korurken, tarih?i David Gaunt’un ara?t?rmalar? konuya a??kl?k getirdiOLAY KAPATILMAK ?STEN?YORGazetemizde 19 Ekim’de ‘Ermeni k?y?nde toplu mezar’ ba?l???yla yay?nlanan haber, yank? uyand?rd?. Xirab?baba (Kuru) k?y?nde inceleme yapan Akarsu Jandarma Karakolu yetkilileri olay?n ?st?n? ?rterken, ?sve?li tarih?i Prof. …

Zirabebaba, Turkey — Missionaries of the At Anycost Jesus Mission are reporting the discovery of a mass grave near the village of Zirabebaba, Turkey. The report says that in late October, 2006, local villagers digging a new grave came across a cave containing the remains of approximately 40 people. It …

(AINA) — The sectarian violence in Iraq has a nameless victim: the Assyrians (also known as Chaldeans and Syriacs). Possessing a unique cultural, religious and linguistic identity, being ethnically distinct from others, speaking Aramaic, professing Christ, looking to Nineveh in the north — the Assyrians are the only indigenous people …