IraqMap reflects the 30 most recent Persecution Reports. Click HERE for the Map Legend.A Global War on Christians in the Muslim World?Sunday, March 4th, 2012“Religious minorities in the Muslim world today, constitutionally entitled in many countries to equality of citizenship and religious freedom, increasingly fear the erosion of those rights -- and with good reason,” the Huffington Post reports. Teacher killed at Christian school in IraqFriday, March 2nd, 2012“Jeremiah Small was shot and killed by a student at a Christian school in the Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah, Iraq,” The Seattle Times reports. Middle Eastern Christians face bleak futureMonday, February 27th, 2012“The 'Arab Spring' opened the door for long-repressed Sunni Muslim Brotherhood and Salafi forces to rise up and seize power locally and challenge the balance of power regionally. Faced with escalating persecution and decreasing security, Christians are increasingly opting for flight. The alternative is to exist as dhimmis: subjugated second-class citizens forced to live with crippling inequality and profound insecurity under Islamic domination,” Elizabeth Kendal writes for Assist News. Assyrian Parties Look for a Place in the New Cabinet in Kurdish IraqTuesday, February 21st, 2012“Christian parties in the Kurdistan Region say their community should not be marginalized in the new cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government,” Rudaw reports. Legacy of US Iraq’s Invasion: Near extinction of Christian population?Saturday, February 18th, 2012“With the withdrawal of the US led forces from Iraq, Operation Iraqi freedom turns into Operation Iraqi Christians decimation,” TwoCircles.net reports. Islamic religious persecution goes unnoticedFriday, February 17th, 2012“The persecution, in some regions genocide, of Christians and other religious groups is the most important international human rights issue willfully ignored by the American media and our government,” the Washington Times reports. Iraq court agrees execution of Baghdad church attackersMonday, February 6th, 2012“Iraq's highest court ratified death sentences on Thursday for three men convicted of a 2010 attack on a Syrian Catholic cathedral in Baghdad, the bloodiest attack on Iraqi Christians after the 2003 invasion,” Reuters reports. Christianity In The Middle East Must Be SafeguardedSaturday, February 4th, 2012“If the media shines a light consistently and clearly on the persecution of Middle Eastern Christians, that can make a crucial difference in restraining potential violence,” she said. “Silence on the other hand may do the opposite.” Military Archbishop: U.S Invasion Led To Fewer Iraqi ChristiansThursday, February 2nd, 2012"As President Barack Obama withdrew the last U.S. troops from Iraq on Dec. 15, he said they were leaving behind a 'sovereign, stable and self-reliant,' country...but there are signs that Iraqi Christians' plight has worsened since then." Christian canaries in an Arab coal mineWednesday, January 25th, 2012“Nearly 100,000 Copts have fled Egypt since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, chased by a series of increasingly violent pogroms at the hands of fanatics while the military often looked the other way,” The Globe and Mail reports. Las Vegas program details plight of Iraqi ChristiansMonday, January 23rd, 2012“Christian churches have been bombed more than 80 times since 2003, when the Iraq war began. [Juliana] Taimoorazy's presentation will describe how thousands of Iraqi Christians have been kidnapped for ransom or murdered because of their faith and ethnicity. Christian-owned businesses have been attacked and fear an escalation following the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq,” the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. Mideast Christians face widening persecutionTuesday, January 17th, 2012“Though it’s the birthplace of Christianity in ancient times, the modern Middle East is increasingly hostile to Christianity as civil conflict, Islamic fundamentalism and terrorism grow in scope and strength,” The Korea Times reports. Is the Arab Spring Good News for Christians?Saturday, January 14th, 2012Kurt J. Werthmuller, a research fellow at the Hudson Institute's Center for Religious Freedom, writes the first in a series of articles focusing on “the background, present status, and possible future of the Christian communities of several… key countries in the Arab world.” The persecution of Christian minorities in the Middle EastSaturday, January 7th, 2012“In North Africa and the Middle East, the Arab Spring is turning into a nightmarish experience for many Christians,” The Times of Malta reports. “From Tunisia to Egypt, Islamist parties have, as many realists had already predicted, gained the ascendancy. The leaders of these parties, despite being described optimistically by some high-placed western sources as being of moderate inclination, have already declared that Sharia will be the principal law in their countries.” With US troops gone, Iraqi Christians fear additional attacksThursday, January 5th, 2012“Over the past 9 years it’s estimated that over 900 Christians have been killed and 54 churches attacked, the God Discussion reports. Mideast Christians are the litmus test of Arab SpringFriday, December 30th, 2011“As the Arab Spring runs its course, the litmus test of whether democracy truly is taking root in Egypt and elsewhere in the region will be if the emerging rulers respect the rights of their Christian minorities,” The Jerusalem Post reports. Christianity May Be Eradicated in Iraq and Afghanistan, Says Chair of U.S. Religious Freedom CommissionThursday, December 29th, 2011“Despite long-term U.S. military occupations aimed at establishing representative governments in Iraq and Afghanistan, Christianity now faces the real threat of eradication in those countries because of severe and persistent persecution of Christians there, according to the chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom,” Catholic News Service reports. Iraq’s dwindling Christian population mark ChristmasWednesday, December 28th, 2011“Iraq's dwindling Christian population marked Christmas on Sunday with religious leaders calling for peace,” Agence France-Presse reports. We can’t ignore the persecution of Christians in the Middle EastTuesday, December 27th, 2011How far will the U.K. go to protect Christians in the Middle East? Iraq Churches Cancel Christmas Services Amid Security FearsSunday, December 25th, 2011“Christians in Iraq have canceled several church services, including traditional Christmas Eve midnight Masses, amid fears of more violence after more than a dozen bombings in the capital Baghdad killed some 60 people this week and other violence claims at least 7 lives elsewhere,” BosNewsLife reports. |
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