Mar Behnam (St. Behnam) Syriac Catholic monastery inthe Ancient Assyrian town of Nimrod is now occupied by ISIS. Assyrian International News Agency, 2014-07-29 (AINA) — Since taking over Mosul on June 10,…
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France offers Iraq Christians asylum after Mosul threat, BBC 28 July 2014 The French government says it is ready to offer asylum to Iraqi Christians forced to flee by Islamist militants in…
Romsin McQuade, 30 Jul 2014 Tim Stanley writes: The religious persecution in Iraq has seen one of the most vibrant Middle East Christian communities almost wiped out – forced to convert, driven…
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith on Wednesday, 30 July 2014, The Catholic Herald France has offered asylum to the Iraqi Christians forced to flee from Mosul. The BBC reports this, and so does…
Henri Rose Cimatu, Tuesday, July 29 2014, Ecumenical News Egyptian authorities arrested Christian convert from Islam, Bishoy Armia Boulous immediately after he was released on bail. Local security officials on July 21…
07/29/2014 The Patriarch, together with a delegation of French prelates in Erbil, came to be among the families of Christians expelled by jihadists. “I bring Pope Francis’ solidarity and love,” he said.…
Radio Free Europe — France says it is ready to welcome Christians from northern Iraq who have been told by Islamic extremists ruling the region to either convert to Islam, pay a…
Dalia AlAqidi, an Iraqi news anchorwoman and Sunni Muslim, wearing a cross in support of Assyrians/Christians in Mosul, Iraq. 2014-07-29 Beirut (AINA) — An Iraqi news anchorwoman working for the Iraqi…
Sunday 27 July 2014, Paul Vallely, The Independent The former Chief Rabbi is appalled at the lack of protest about the treatment of Christians round the globe, and so should we be…
A view from Reformed Christianity in the USA, But NB it is mistaken about the make-up of Christians in Iraq – very few are Roman Catholic; there is no mention of the…