Tag: Islamic State
Palm Sunday celebrations mark revival of life in Qaraqosh
The Palm Sunday celebrations saw thousands of Christians take to the streets of Qaraqosh (World Watch Monitor) Wordlwatchmonitor - 27/3/18 For many Christian families in ... Read More
Egypt’s Christians Suffer from “Very High Persecution”
Coptic Solidarity - Raymond Ibrahim - January- February 2018 For another consecutive year in a row, Egypt has proven to be an inhospitable place for Christians, namely its ... Read More
ISIS DENIES KIDNAPPING ALEPPO METROPOLITANS
Pravoslavie.ru - 1/9/17 During the course of recent negotiations with Hezbollah and the Syrian army, the terrorist organization ISIS denied that it had kidnapped Metropolitan Paul ... Read More
‘You are Islam’s black sheep’: 300 Austrian imams condemn ISIS terrorists
Austria's Imams gather in front of a mosque in Vienna, Austria June 14, 2017. © Heinz-Peter Bader / Reuters RT.com - 17/6/17 Islamic clerics in ... Read More
Iraqi Christian Leader Visiting Mosul Sees Little Future for Assyrians
Father Emanuel Youkhana, an archimandrite of the Assyrian Church of the East, walks through the rubble of a demolished church in Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 27. ... Read More
Relief for Assyrian Town Liberated From ISIS
www.religiousfreedomcoalition.org - 10/12/16 On August 6, 2014, the Islamic State overran Iraq's largest Christian city, the city of Qaraqosh. The advance forced thousands of Christians to ... Read More
New Book on Assyrian Genocide Published
AINA - 28/11/16 (AINA) -- A new English book titled 'Year of the Sword - The Assyrian Genocide, A History' has been published by Prof. ... Read More
ISIS Breaks into Christian Coffins, Desecrates Corpses and Crosses
Raymond Ibrahim - 22/11/16 A human rights group recently published photos documenting the Islamic State’s fanatical and virulent hate for Christians — even dead ones. The photos show ... Read More
Assyrian Clergy Near Tears After Militants Cleared From Iraqi Churches
Rev. Safyan Yakub, a priest in the Syrian Orthodox Church, was shocked by the damage he witnessed at St. Shmoni Church in Bashiqa, Iraq, on ... Read More
Separate Assyrian Churches From State, Says Assyrian Confederation of Europe
Assyrian Confederation of Europe - 11/11/16 The Assyrian Confederation of Europe is concerned by the growing influence of churches in Assyrian politics in Iraq, which has ... Read More
Here’s What Iraqi Forces Found After Liberating Assyrian Town
A statue of Virgin Mary is placed in a street in Bartella. Another statue of Mary was found to have been beheaded by ISIS fighters. ... Read More
Mosul battle: Priest returns to his church and home in Bartella
http://www.iraqichristians.org/ Channel 4 News - 24/10/16 Read: More Iraqi Christian towns liberated from Islamic State control Kurdish forces claim they've taken back the town of Bashiqa ... Read More
Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II “I am worried that Christianity is on the way out both in Syria & Iraq as well as in Lebanon”
His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II - Patriarch on the Apostolic Throne of St. Peter in Anthioch & All East. @OCP Media Network Christiantoday - ... Read More
Stop the Cancer of Islamic State – Urges Iraq’s Chaldean Patriarch
http://www.asianews.it/ Catholic News Service - August 2016 BAGHDAD -- Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad called for a united and strong stance -- by Muslims and ... Read More
Will the Terrorization of Egypt’s Christians “Never Stop”?
On June 17, 2016, rioting Muslims in Egypt attacked Christians and their property, and burned down Christian homes. (Image source: “Behind the Scenes” video screenshot) ... Read More
Daesh Has Executed 49 in Sirte, Libya Since February 2015 – Rights Watchdog
© AP Photo/ File www.sputniknews.com - May 2016 According to an international human rights organization, at least 49 people have been executed by the Daesh ... Read More
Testimony From Christian Whose Home Was Destroyed By ISIS
www.m.clarionproject.org - May 2016 Islamic State launched a pre-dawn raid on the Christian-majority village Telskuf, just north of Mosul in Iraq on May 3. It was ... Read More
Syrian Bishop: West Must Stop Welcoming Refugees
www.aina.org - By Thomas D. Williams - May 2016 According to the Archbishop of Aleppo, when Westerners open their doors to Syrian refugees, it hurts, ... Read More
Australia Recognizes Crimes Committed By ISIS Against Assyrians As Genocide
Pictures attributed to the Islamic State (ISIS) show the 4th century Assyrian St. Behnam monastery being blown up. Assyrian Universal Alliance - 2/5/16 In a historic and ... Read More
White House: ISIS extermination of Christians can’t be called genocide yet
© Omar Sanadiki / Reuters www.rt.com - 2/3/16 The Obama administration says Islamic State’s persecution of Christian minorities in Iraq and Syria is not genocide. The ... Read More
Coalition Urges Obama to Designate ISIS Actions As Genocide for All Groups
The St. Odisho Assyrian Church in Tel Tal, Syria, was bombed by ISIS on April 28, 2015. 18/2/16 (AINA) -- A coalition of 110 organizations ... Read More