Arab Christians need to feel secure

A file photo shows Iraqis pray during the Christmas Eve mass at St Joseph’s Chaldean church in Baghdad By Joseph A. Kechichian, Special to Gulf News 7/3/2012 Fleeing native lands is not the answer; they have to insist on equal rights, elect capable and sensible leaders and muzzle clerics who thrive on fear. Despite understandable rhetoric, neither Nouri Al Maliki in Iraq nor Bashar Al Assad in Syria will desist from sacrificing their Christian minority populations, should circumstances warrant it