From Jihad Watch:
Jihadists murder two Christian brothers in Mosul
"Our community is terrorized and is seriously thinking about leaving Mosul."
Will the Islamophobia never end? "Two Christian brothers killed in Mosul," from Asia News, November 22 (thanks to C. Cantoni):
Baghdad (AsiaNews) - Anti-Christian violence and persecution continue in Iraq. Two days after a Christian home was attacked in Mosul (northern Iraq), two Iraqi Christians were killed in the city's Sina'a neighbourhood.
Sources told AsiaNews that unknown thugs entered a store owned by two Christian brothers, Saad and Waad (Raad) Hanna, 43 and 40 respectively, and shot them in cold blood. Waad died instantly, Saad, two hours later.
This is the latest incident in a surge in violence that has hit the Christian community hard in the past few weeks. The bloodiest episode occurred on 31 October when an al-Qaeda affiliated commando stormed the Syriac-Catholic cathedral of Baghdad during Mass. Almost 60 people were killed, including 44 worshippers and 2 religious. For al-Qaeda, Christians are "legitimate targets".
In view of the latest act of barbarism against them, local Christians have issued a new appeal: "Pray for us persecuted Christians". (LYR)
Is anyone listening?
Posted by Robert on November 23, 2010 7:09 AM
And this, related, also from Jihad Watch:
Archbishop of Mosul: "Our community is terrorized and is seriously thinking about leaving Mosul"
The fruit of jihad. "Iraq: Mosul Christians 'terrorized' and 'ready to leave,'" from AKI, November 22 (thanks to C. Cantoni):
(AKI) - Terrorist attacks against Christians have caused those living in Mosul to consider leaving the city in Iraq's north, according to Emil Shamoun Noona, the Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul.
"Our community is terrorized and is seriously thinking about leaving Mosul," Noona told Adnkronos International in an interview. "Many Christian families have asked for ecclesiastic documents needed to move abroad and this indicates their intention to emigrate."
Fifty-eight people died during people the 31 October attack on a church in Baghdad that was claimed by an Al-Qaeda linked group. Further threats have been made against Christians in the Middle East and northern Africa.
There are approximately 500,000 Christians remaining in Iraq but last month's attack on Our Lady of Salvation and a string of subsequent bombings have left the country's Christians in fear for their lives.
Noona says he has little faith in Iraq's ability to protect its Christians.
"The solution is in the hands of the state that is responsible for the protection of its people but in my opinion it is totally incapable to do this," he said in the interview.
Iraq's leaders have spoken out against the violence and pledged to protect the religious minority, but "we continue to be threatened and killed. We've been forced to leave."
The leaders are all talk. Now, why is that, exactly?
Posted by Robert on November 23, 2010 7:01 AM
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