Comments on: An observation on Christians and Iraq http://www.cornellsociety.org/2008/04/an-observation-on-christians-and-iraq/ Unity in charity, diversity in truth Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:47:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Discipulus http://www.cornellsociety.org/2008/04/an-observation-on-christians-and-iraq/#comment-46754 Discipulus Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:47:57 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/2008/04/an-observation-on-christians-and-iraq/#comment-46754 Yes, it is good that we are granting asylum to Iraq’s fleeing Christians. I found the following bit of information on the website of Mar Emmanuel III, the current Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans and primate of the Chaldean Catholic Church. Last October he was created a Cardinal and is know also as Cardinal Delly. “As of the first quarter of 2008 the status of Christians in Iraq remains unchanged and grim. Under Saddam Hussein the Christians in Iraq , Chaldean and Assyrian, remnants of the ancient Churches of Mesopotamia going back to the Apostles, were protected by the Baathist state and not harmed. Accordingly they were allowed to live, work and practice their religion free of official harassment subject only to the same constraints imposed by law on all Iraqis. All that changed with the unprovoked American attack on and invasion and occupation of Iraq , the destruction of the Baathist state and the subsequent empowerment of the Muslims, Sunni and Shia, to attack, kill, expel, and kidnap for ransom the powerless Christians. The churches, businesses, homes and persons of Iraqi Christians were randomly attacked and many people were scattered about in exile throughout the Middle East and elsewhere. Threats to convert to Islam or suffer death could not be taken lightly and were often enforced by violence. Consequently the Christian population of Iraq is down to about a fourth of what it was before the American invasion.” http://www.byzantines.net/epiphany/chaldean.htm Yes, it is good that we are granting asylum to Iraq’s fleeing Christians. I found the following bit of information on the website of Mar Emmanuel III, the current Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans and primate of the Chaldean Catholic Church. Last October he was created a Cardinal and is know also as Cardinal Delly.

“As of the first quarter of 2008 the status of Christians in Iraq remains unchanged and grim. Under Saddam Hussein the Christians in Iraq , Chaldean and Assyrian, remnants of the ancient Churches of Mesopotamia going back to the Apostles, were protected by the Baathist state and not harmed. Accordingly they were allowed to live, work and practice their religion free of official harassment subject only to the same constraints imposed by law on all Iraqis. All that changed with the unprovoked American attack on and invasion and occupation of Iraq , the destruction of the Baathist state and the subsequent empowerment of the Muslims, Sunni and Shia, to attack, kill, expel, and kidnap for ransom the powerless Christians. The churches, businesses, homes and persons of Iraqi Christians were randomly attacked and many people were scattered about in exile throughout the Middle East and elsewhere. Threats to convert to Islam or suffer death could not be taken lightly and were often enforced by violence. Consequently the Christian population of Iraq is down to about a fourth of what it was before the American invasion.” http://www.byzantines.net/epiphany/chaldean.htm

]]> By: JSP http://www.cornellsociety.org/2008/04/an-observation-on-christians-and-iraq/#comment-46565 JSP Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:15:49 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/2008/04/an-observation-on-christians-and-iraq/#comment-46565 So many things will change if the Dems win the White House -- expect the State Dept. to discontinue giving Christian refugees special treatment, and expect our foreign aid to again start including billions of dollars of population control measures. So many things will change if the Dems win the White House — expect the State Dept. to discontinue giving Christian refugees special treatment, and expect our foreign aid to again start including billions of dollars of population control measures.

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